Search The Directory The Web for Home > Science > Biology > Sociobiology > Evolutionary Psychology > Publications > Articles New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Functional Origins of Religious Concepts - This is a profound essay on the role of religion from an evolutionary perspective. Pascal Boyer, the author, is one of the rising stars in evolutionary theory in the social sciences.   Gene-Trapping Method Powers Discovery of New Brain-Wiring Signals - Marc Tessier-Lavigne and William C. Skarnes unveil a technique that "enables scientists to identify new genes and to determine which genes are responsible for defects in brain wiring that are observed during development".   Genes, culture and human freedom - Like every other organism, humans are shaped by both nature and nurture. But unlike any other organism, we are defined by our ability to transcend both. Article by Kenan Malik.   Genetic control and evolution of sexually dimorphic characters in Drosophila - A key challenge in evolutionary biology is to identify genetic events responsible for morphological change, and to understand how changes at the molecular level affect development and translate into phenotypic diversity.   Genetic enhancement of inflammatory pain by forebrain NR2B overexpression - Our study implicates a molecular mechanism by which forebrain activity could modulate behavioral responses to inflammatory pain.   Genetics - The British Medical Journal publishes a special edition "putting genetics into perspective".   Get Real - Daniel Dennett responds to his critics.   Great ape DNA sequences reveal a reduced diversity and an expansion in humans - The extent of DNA sequence variation of chimpanzees is several-fold greater than that of humans.   Has psychology become respectable at last? - The past decade witnessed the surge of "evolutionary psychology". Its most thoughtful exponents, such as Robert Plomin, are confident that economics, education and sociology will all benefit from evolutionary psychology and gene mapping.   Herbert Spencer and Inevitable Progress - Spencer is so grandiose that it is hard to summarize his ideas, yet he was one of the most influential thinkers in nineteenth-century Britain, and his ideas were an inspiration around the world. His version of evolution was utterly generalised in all the ways Darwin tried to be circumspect. The organic analogies which Spencer developed are the foundation-stones for the widespread idea of functionalism across the biomedical and human sciences, extending to architecture, systems theory, cybernetics and information theory. The essay was reprinted in a collection from the journal: G. Marsden, ed., Victorian Values. Longman, 1990.   Homo Deceptus - Never trust Stephen Jay Gould. by Robert Wright - An article in Slate.   How Hardwired Is Human Behavior? - Abstract and electronic delivery of Nigel Nicholson's paper in the Harvard Business Review.   How Stephen Jay Gould is wrong about evolution - In The Boston Review, John Alcock, professor of biology at Arizona State University, provides a detailed look at Gould's approach to adaptationism.   How intellect helps pick up chicks - Roger Highfield reports on Geoffrey Miller's 'The Mating Mind'.   Human genome - overview - press releases - Comprehensive information on the first draft of the human genome from Nature.   Humans and Other Animals - How much do we share with the birds of the air and the beasts of the field? Article by John Wilson at Christianity Today.   Humans-Who Are We? - Official Web Site - Humans are brimming with unique traits that do not fit the animal mold - according to the Jehovah's Witnesses.   IQ and longevity - Results of an intelligence test, given to all 11-year olds attending Aberdeen schools in 1932, were used to determine survival up to 76 years. Of 2,230 subjects traced, those who died before 1 January 1997 had a significantly lower IQ at age 11 years than those who were alive or untraced. This suggests that high mental ability in late childhood reduces the chances of death up to age 76.   Imagery neurons in the human brain - We found single neurons in the hippocampus, amygdala, entorhinal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus that selectively altered their firing rates depending on the stimulus the subjects were imagining.   Impaired recognition and experience of disgust following brain injury - Here we describe evidence, from a patient with insula and putamen damage, for a neural system for recognizing social signals of disgust from multiple modalities.     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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