Search Results - "Krasnow, Max M."

Universality and diversity in human song by Mehr, Samuel A, Singh, Manvir, Knox, Dean, Ketter, Daniel M, Pickens-Jones, Daniel, Atwood, S, Lucas, Christopher, Jacoby, Nori, Egner, Alena A, Hopkins, Erin J, Howard, Rhea M, Hartshorne, Joshua K, Jennings, Mariela V, Simson, Jan, Bainbridge, Constance M, Pinker, Steven, O'Donnell, Timothy J, Krasnow, Max M, Glowacki, Luke

“…What is universal about music, and what varies? We built a corpus of ethnographic text on musical behavior from a representative sample of the world's…”
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Evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain human generosity in one-shot encounters by Delton, Andrew W, Krasnow, Max M, Cosmides, Leda, Tooby, John

“…Are humans too generous? The discovery that subjects choose to incur costs to allocate benefits to others in anonymous, one-shot economic games has posed an…”
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Parent-offspring conflict and the evolution of infant-directed song by Mehr, Samuel A, Krasnow, Max M

“…Abstract We present a theory of the origin and evolution of infant-directed song, a form of music found in many cultures. After examining the ancestral ecology…”
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What are punishment and reputation for? by Krasnow, Max M, Cosmides, Leda, Pedersen, Eric J, Tooby, John

“…Why did punishment and the use of reputation evolve in humans? According to one family of theories, they evolved to support the maintenance of cooperative…”
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Genomic Imprinting Is Implicated in the Psychology of Music by Mehr, Samuel A., Kotler, Jennifer, Howard, Rhea M., Haig, David, Krasnow, Max M.

“…Why do people sing to babies? Human infants are relatively altricial and need their parents' attention to survive. Infant-directed song may constitute a signal…”
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Group Cooperation without Group Selection: Modest Punishment Can Recruit Much Cooperation by Krasnow, Max M, Delton, Andrew W, Cosmides, Leda, Tooby, John

“…Humans everywhere cooperate in groups to achieve benefits not attainable by individuals. Individual effort is often not automatically tied to a proportionate…”
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Spatial adaptations for plant foraging: women excel and calories count by New, Joshua, Krasnow, Max M, Truxaw, Danielle, Gaulin, Steven J.C

“…We present evidence for an evolved sexually dimorphic adaptation that activates spatial memory and navigation skills in response to fruits, vegetables and…”
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Looking Under the Hood of Third-Party Punishment Reveals Design for Personal Benefit by Krasnow, Max M., Delton, Andrew W., Cosmides, Leda, Tooby, John

“…Third-party intervention, such as when a crowd stops a mugger, is common. Yet it seems irrational because it has real costs but may provide no personal…”
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Form and Function in Human Song by Mehr, Samuel A., Singh, Manvir, York, Hunter, Glowacki, Luke, Krasnow, Max M.

“…Humans use music for a variety of social functions: we sing to accompany dance, to soothe babies, to heal illness, to communicate love, and so on. Across…”
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Why Warmth Matters More Than Competence: A New Evolutionary Approach by Eisenbruch, Adar B., Krasnow, Max M.

“…Multiple lines of evidence suggest that there are two major dimensions of social perception, often called warmth and competence, and that warmth is prioritized…”
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The psychology of deterrence explains why group membership matters for third-party punishment by Delton, Andrew W., Krasnow, Max M.

“…Humans regularly intervene in others' conflicts as third-parties. This has been studied using the third-party punishment game: A third-party can pay a cost to…”
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The importance of being honest? Evidence that deception may not pollute social science subject pools after all by Krasnow, Max M., Howard, Rhea M., Eisenbruch, Adar B.

“…Deceiving participants about the goals or content of a study is permitted in psychological research but is largely banned in economics journals and subject…”
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Universal interpretations of vocal music by Yurdum, Lidya, Singh, Manvir, Glowacki, Luke, Vardy, Thomas, Atkinson, Quentin D, Hilton, Courtney B, Sauter, Disa, Krasnow, Max M, Mehr, Samuel A

“…Despite the variability of music across cultures, some types of human songs share acoustic characteristics. For example, dance songs tend to be loud and…”
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Ultrasociality without group selection: Possible, reasonable, and likely by Krasnow, Max M

“…It is uncontroversial that humans are extremely social, and that cultures have changed over time. But, the evidence shows that much of the social psychology…”
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Meeting now suggests we will meet again: Implications for debates on the evolution of cooperation by Krasnow, Max M., Delton, Andrew W., Tooby, John, Cosmides, Leda

“…Humans are often generous, even towards strangers encountered by chance and even in the absence of any explicit information suggesting they will meet again…”
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Response to vocal music in Angelman syndrome contrasts with Prader-Willi syndrome by Kotler, Jennifer, Mehr, Samuel A., Egner, Alena, Haig, David, Krasnow, Max M.

“…Parent-offspring conflict—conflict over resource distribution within families due to differences in genetic relatedness—is the biological foundation for many…”
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Does greater morning sickness predict carrying a girl? Analysis of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy from retrospective report by Young, Nicola R., La Rosa, Mauricio, Mehr, Samuel A., Krasnow, Max M.

“…Purpose The prevalence of severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) requiring hospitalization has been associated with female fetal sex. However, the…”
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The sketch is blank: No evidence for an explanatory role for cultural group selection by Krasnow, Max M, Delton, Andrew W

“…As evidence that cultural group selection has occurred, Richerson et al. simply retrodict that humans use language, punish each other, and have religion. This…”
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The Moral Brain: A Multidisciplinary Perspective by Decety, Jean, Wheatley, Thalia

“…Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand human moral sensibility as a sophisticated…”
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Are Humans Too Generous and Too Punitive? Using Psychological Principles to Further Debates about Human Social Evolution by Krasnow, Max M, Delton, Andrew W

“…Are humans too generous and too punitive? Many researchers have concluded that classic theories of social evolution (e.g., direct reciprocity, reputation) are…”
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