Search Results - "Godoy, Ricardo A"

Indifference to dissonance in native Amazonians reveals cultural variation in music perception by McDermott, Josh H., Schultz, Alan F., Undurraga, Eduardo A., Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…A native Amazonian society rated consonant and dissonant chords and vocal harmonies as equally pleasant, whereas Bolivian city- and town-dwellers preferred…”
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Perceptual fusion of musical notes by native Amazonians suggests universal representations of musical intervals by McPherson, Malinda J., Dolan, Sophia E., Durango, Alex, Ossandon, Tomas, Valdés, Joaquín, Undurraga, Eduardo A., Jacoby, Nori, Godoy, Ricardo A., McDermott, Josh H.

“…Music perception is plausibly constrained by universal perceptual mechanisms adapted to natural sounds. Such constraints could arise from our dependence on…”
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Birth seasons and heights among girls and boys below 12 years of age: lasting effects and catch-up growth among native Amazonians in Bolivia by Brabec, Marek, Behrman, Jere R, Emmett, Susan D., Gibson, Edward, Kidd, Celeste, Leonard, William, Penny, Mary E., Piantadosi, Steven T., Sharma, Abhishek, Tanner, Susan, Undurraga, Eduardo A., Godoy, Ricardo A

“…Background: Seasons affect many social, economic, and biological outcomes, particularly in low-resource settings, and some studies suggest that birth season…”
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The perceived benefits of height: strength, dominance, social concern, and knowledge among Bolivian native Amazonians by Undurraga, Eduardo A, Zebrowitz, Leslie, Eisenberg, Dan T A, Reyes-García, Victoria, Godoy, Ricardo A

“…Research in industrial countries suggests that, with no other knowledge about a person, positive traits are attributed to taller people and correspondingly,…”
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Human's cognitive ability to assess facial cues from photographs: a study of sexual selection in the Bolivian Amazon by Undurraga, Eduardo A, Eisenberg, Dan T A, Magvanjav, Oyunbileg, Wang, Ruoxue, Leonard, William R, McDade, Thomas W, Reyes-García, Victoria, Nyberg, Colleen, Tanner, Susan, Huanca, Tomás, Godoy, Ricardo A

“…Evolutionary theory suggests that natural selection favors the evolution of cognitive abilities which allow humans to use facial cues to assess traits of…”
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Conditional cash transfers for primary education: Which children are left out? by Bauchet, Jonathan, Undurraga, Eduardo A., Reyes-García, Victoria, Behrman, Jere R., Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…•We investigate predictors of child participation in Bolivia’s CCT program.•Children less exposed to Westerners have lower probabilities of receiving…”
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Market Engagement and Indigenous People: Testing Hypotheses from the Western Intellectual Tradition by Bauchet, Jonathan, Undurraga, Eduardo A., Zhang, Rebecca, Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…Autarkic indigenous societies are changing fast from increased engagement with markets. Western writers have ascribed a wide array of often contradictory…”
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The effects of community income inequality on health: Evidence from a randomized control trial in the Bolivian Amazon by Undurraga, Eduardo A., Behrman, Jere R., Leonard, William R., Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…Research suggests that poorer people have worse health than the better-off and, more controversially, that income inequality harms health. But causal…”
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Catch-up growth and growth deficits: Nine-year annual panel child growth for native Amazonians in Bolivia by Zhang, Rebecca, Undurraga, Eduardo A., Zeng, Wu, Reyes-García, Victoria, Tanner, Susan, Leonard, William R., Behrman, Jere R., Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…Background: Childhood growth stunting is negatively associated with cognitive and health outcomes, and is claimed to be irreversible after age 2. Aim: To…”
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Individual health and the visibility of village economic inequality: Longitudinal evidence from native Amazonians in Bolivia by Undurraga, Eduardo A., Nica, Veronica, Zhang, Rebecca, Mensah, Irene C., Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…•Does village economic inequality affect health in small-scale rural societies?•Cultural visibility of inequality and tenure rights over resources…”
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Child stunting is associated with weaker human capital among native Amazonians by Undurraga, Eduardo A., Behrman, Jere R., Emmett, Susan D., Kidd, Celeste, Leonard, William R., Piantadosi, Steven T., Reyes‐García, Victoria, Sharma, Abhishek, Zhang, Rebecca, Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…Objectives We assessed associations between child stunting, recovery, and faltering with schooling and human capital skills in a native Amazonian society of…”
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Diurnal cortisol rhythms and child growth: Exploring the life history consequences of HPA activation among the Tsimane by Nyberg, Colleen H., Leonard, William R., Tanner, Susan, Mcdade, Thomas, Huanca, Tomas, Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…Objective: Although psychosocial stress has also been implicated as a contributor to growth failure by imposing energetic constraints during development, the…”
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Savings at the Periphery of Markets: Evidence from Forager-Farmers in the Bolivian Amazon by Undurraga, Eduardo A., Zycherman, Ariela, Yiu, Julie, Bolivia Study Team, Taps, Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…We used survey and ethnographic data to study savings in a highly autarkic society of native Amazonians in Bolivia (Tsimane'). We equated savings with the…”
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Math skills and market and non-market outcomes: Evidence from an Amazonian society of forager-farmers by Undurraga, Eduardo A., Behrman, Jere R., Grigorenko, Elena L., Schultz, Alan, Yiu, Julie, TAPS Bolivia Study Team, Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…•Are math skills important in a rural setting with limited markets?•We use panel data from adults in a native Amazonian society of forager-farmers.•Math skills…”
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Does village inequality in modern income harm the psyche? Anger, fear, sadness, and alcohol consumption in a pre-industrial society by Godoy, Ricardo A., Reyes-García, Victoria, McDade, Thomas, Huanca, Tomás, Leonard, William R., Tanner, Susan, Vadez, Vincent

“…Researchers have found a positive association between income inequality and poor individual health. To explain the link, researchers have hypothesized that…”
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Income and price elasticities of bushmeat demand in lowland Amerindian societies by Wilkie, David S., Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…Consumption of bushmeat is an important component of household economies in most tropical forested regions of the world and is resulting in unsustainable…”
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Sibling composition and children's anthropometric indicators of nutritional status: Evidence from native Amazonians in Bolivia by Magvanjav, Oyunbileg, Undurraga, Eduardo A., Eisenberg, Dan T. A., Zeng, Wu, Dorjgochoo, Tsogzolmaa, Leonard, William R., Godoy, Ricardo A.

“…Background: Siblings compete for parental resources. Little is known about how sibling composition (older sisters, older brothers, younger sisters, younger…”
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The Pay-Offs to Sociability by Reyes-Garcia, Victoria, Godoy, Ricardo A, Vadez, Vincent, Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel, Huanca, Tomas, Leonard, William R, McDade, Thomas W, Tanner, Susan, TAPS Bolivian Study Team

“…Previous research addressing the association between leisure and happiness has given rise to the hypothesis that informal social activities might contribute…”
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The Pay-Offs to Sociability: Do Solitary and Social Leisure Relate to Happiness? by Reyes-García, Victoria, Godoy, Ricardo A., Vadez, Vincent, Ruíz-Mallén, Isabel, Huanca, Tomás, Leonard, William R., McDade, Thomas W., Tanner, Susan

“…Previous research addressing the association between leisure and happiness has given rise to the hypothesis that informal social activities might contribute…”
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Physical stature of adult Tsimane’ Amerindians, Bolivian Amazon in the 20th century by Godoy, Ricardo A., Leonard, William R., Reyes-García, Victoria, Goodman, Elizabeth, McDade, Thomas, Huanca, Tomás, Tanner, Susan, Vadez, Vincent

“…We examine the association between exposure to the market and Western society on the height of adult Tsimane’, a foraging-farming society in the Bolivian…”
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