Tag: Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences

  • Nation & World

    Evolving ideas

    Is the problem with evolution A) people don’t believe in it; B) people believe in it but don’t understand it; or C) evolution comes packaged with troubling implications that we…

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  • Nation & World

    Getting to fear you

    Researchers showed some 20 young black and white women and men pictures of a snake and a spider, followed by pictures of a bird and a butterfly. Humans, apes, and…

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  • Nation & World

    Changing behavior: Easier than we thought?

    At a Harvard-convened social science research conference on Nov. 14, 2003, research from the fields of economics, social psychology, and public health showed how psychological changes could affect sexual health,…

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  • Nation & World

    Brain shows unconscious prejudices

    A brain area involved with fear flashes more actively when white college students are exposed to subliminal views of black versus white faces. The students didn’t actually “see” the faces,…

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  • Nation & World

    Cooking up a story of apes and humans

    For humans, cooking played a major role in the development of smaller jaws and teeth, bigger brains, smaller guts, shorter arms, and longer legs, according to Richard Wrangham, professor of…

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