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Feelings of obligation are valuations of signaling-mediated social payoffs by Rotella, Amanda, Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Barclay, Pat

“…We extend Tomasello's framework by addressing the functional challenge of obligation. If the long-run social consequences of a decision are sufficiently…”
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No effect of ‘watching eyes’: An attempted replication and extension investigating individual differences by Rotella, Amanda, Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Mishra, Sandeep, Barclay, Pat

“…Some evidence suggests that people behave more cooperatively and generously when observed or in the presence of images of eyes (termed the ‘watching eyes’…”
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Of pathogens and party lines: Social conservatism positively associates with COVID-19 precautions among U.S. Democrats but not Republicans by Samore, Theodore, Fessler, Daniel M T, Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Holbrook, Colin

“…Social liberals tend to be less pathogen-avoidant than social conservatives, a pattern consistent with a model wherein ideological differences stem from…”
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Elevation, an emotion for prosocial contagion, is experienced more strongly by those with greater expectations of the cooperativeness of others by Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Fessler, Daniel M T, Holbrook, Colin

“…A unique emotion, elevation, is thought to underlie prosocial contagion, a process whereby witnessing a prosocial act leads to acting prosocially. Individuals…”
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The skin crawls, the stomach turns: ectoparasites and pathogens elicit distinct defensive responses in humans by Kupfer, Tom R., Fessler, Daniel M. T., Wu, Bozhi, Hwang, Tiffany, Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Alas, Sonia, Samore, Theodore, Lal, Vedika, Sakhamuru, Tanvi P., Holbrook, Colin

“…Disgust has long been viewed as a primary motivator of defensive responses to threats posed by both microscopic pathogens and macroscopic ectoparasites…”
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Electoral fortunes reverse, mindsets do not by Samore, Theodore, Fessler, Daniel M T, Holbrook, Colin, Sparks, Adam Maxwell

“…Conservatives and liberals have previously been shown to differ in the propensity to view socially-transmitted information about hazards as more plausible than…”
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Coalitionality shapes moral elevation: evidence from the U.S. Black Lives Matter protest and counter-protest movements by Holbrook, Colin, Fessler, Daniel M T, Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Johnson, Devin L, Samore, Theodore, Reed, Lawrence I

“…Witnessing altruistic behaviour can elicit , an emotion that motivates prosocial cooperation. This emotion is evoked more strongly when the observer…”
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Does observing reciprocity or exploitation affect elevation, a mechanism driving prosociality? by Fessler, Daniel M.T., Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Samore, Theodore, Holbrook, Colin

“…Abstract Abstract Fitness is enhanced by determining when to behave prosocially. Elevation , an uplifting emotion elicited by witnessing exemplary…”
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State-dependent risk-taking by Barclay, Pat, Mishra, Sandeep, Sparks, Adam Maxwell

“…Who takes risks, and when? The proposes two non-independent selection pressures governing risk-taking: need-based and ability-based. The need-based account…”
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State-dependent risk-taking by Barclay, Pat, Mishra, Sandeep, Sparks, Adam Maxwell

“…Who takes risks, and when? The relative state model proposes two non-independent selection pressures governing risk-taking: need-based and ability-based. The…”
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Disgust as a Mechanism for Decision Making Under Risk: Illuminating Sex Differences and Individual Risk-Taking Correlates of Disgust Propensity by Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Fessler, Daniel M. T, Chan, Kai Qin, Ashokkumar, Ashwini, Holbrook, Colin

“…The emotion disgust motivates costly behavioral strategies that mitigate against potentially larger costs associated with pathogens, sexual behavior, and moral…”
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May God Guide Our Guns by Pollack, Jeremy, Holbrook, Colin, Fessler, Daniel M T, Adam Maxwell Sparks, Zerbe, James G

“…The perceived support of supernatural agents has been historically, ethnographically, and theoretically linked with confidence in engaging in violent…”
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Greater traditionalism predicts COVID-19 precautionary behaviors across 27 societies by Samore, Theodore, Fessler, Daniel M. T., Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Holbrook, Colin, Aarøe, Lene, Baeza, Carmen Gloria, Barbato, María Teresa, Barclay, Pat, Berniūnas, Renatas, Contreras-Garduño, Jorge, Costa-Neves, Bernardo, del Pilar Grazioso, Maria, Elmas, Pınar, Fedor, Peter, Fernandez, Ana Maria, Fernández-Morales, Regina, Garcia-Marques, Leonel, Giraldo-Perez, Paulina, Gul, Pelin, Habacht, Fanny, Hasan, Youssef, Hernandez, Earl John, Jarmakowski, Tomasz, Kamble, Shanmukh, Kameda, Tatsuya, Kim, Bia, Kupfer, Tom R., Kurita, Maho, Li, Norman P., Lu, Junsong, Luberti, Francesca R., Maegli, María Andrée, Mejia, Marinés, Morvinski, Coby, Naito, Aoi, Ng’ang’a, Alice, de Oliveira, Angélica Nascimento, Posner, Daniel N., Prokop, Pavol, Shani, Yaniv, Solorzano, Walter Omar Paniagua, Stieger, Stefan, Suryani, Angela Oktavia, Tan, Lynn K. L., Tybur, Joshua M., Viciana, Hugo, Visine, Amandine, Wang, Jin, Wang, Xiao-Tian

“…People vary both in their embrace of their society’s traditions, and in their perception of hazards as salient and necessitating a response. Over evolutionary…”
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Live fast, die young and sleep later: Life history strategy and human sleep behavior by Dishakjian, Vahe, Fessler, Daniel M T, Sparks, Adam Maxwell

“…Life History Theory (LHT) describes trade-offs that organisms make with regard to three investment pathways: growth, maintenance and reproduction. In light of…”
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Live fast, die young and sleep later by Dishakjian, Vahe, Fessler, Daniel M T, Sparks, Adam Maxwell

“…Abstract Background and objectives Life History Theory (LHT) describes trade-offs that organisms make with regard to three investment pathways: growth,…”
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May God Guide Our Guns: Visualizing Supernatural Aid Heightens Team Confidence in a Paintball Battle Simulation by Pollack, Jeremy, Holbrook, Colin, Fessler, Daniel M. T., Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Zerbe, James G.

“…The perceived support of supernatural agents has been historically, ethnographically, and theoretically linked with confidence in engaging in violent…”
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