Ashley J Coventry
@ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social
Psych PhD Candidate at UCSB || Student Social Media Officer for W+EBS || evolutionary psychology/human relationships || she/her
Personal Website: ashleyjcoventry.mystrikingly.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyjcoventry/
Personal Website: ashleyjcoventry.mystrikingly.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyjcoventry/
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Deconfounding Sex and Sex of Partner in Mate-Preference Research - Ashley J. Coventry, Selina Mixner, Benjamin Gelbart, Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Tamsin C. German, 2025
Much of the previous research examining sex differences in human mate preferences has relied exclusively on heterosexual participants. Consequently, prior work ...
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🚨New paper! I tackle a confound in mate preference research: Are preferences & standards driven by one's own sex or target sex? Two studies show preferences are (mostly) driven by own sex, but overall standards are driven by target sex. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0956... #MatePreferences #Research
Huge fan of this lecture series on YouTube!
Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! Interested in learning about Bayesian data analysis but unsure how to start?
Today, a follower would like to recommend a great online resource: a series of YouTube videos by @rmcelreath.bsky.social based on his book Statistical Rethinking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnM...
Today, a follower would like to recommend a great online resource: a series of YouTube videos by @rmcelreath.bsky.social based on his book Statistical Rethinking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnM...
Statistical Rethinking 2023 - 01 - The Golem of Prague
YouTube video by Richard McElreath
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November 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Huge fan of this lecture series on YouTube!
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Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
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Fascinating longitudinal study in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @alicebaniel.bsky.social @jbeehner.bsky.social and colleagues, providing evidence for deceptive fertility in a wild primate (gelada) 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Evidence for deceptive fertility in a wild primate
Baniel et al. show that female geladas deceptively signal fertility when a new dominant
male arrives. Across 14 years of data, lactating females displayed fertility signals
and mated without conceivin...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fascinating longitudinal study in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @alicebaniel.bsky.social @jbeehner.bsky.social and colleagues, providing evidence for deceptive fertility in a wild primate (gelada) 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Second, a new paper by @matildabrindle.bsky.social and colleagues explores the evolution of kissing.
Kissing may date back 21.5 million years, appears across large apes, and potentially occurred among Neanderthals as well!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Kissing may date back 21.5 million years, appears across large apes, and potentially occurred among Neanderthals as well!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#WplusEBSWednesdays
A comparative approach to the evolution of kissing
Kissing can be observed across the animal kingdom. This presents an evolutionary puzzle, since the fitness benefits of kissing are unclear. We use a n…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Second, a new paper by @matildabrindle.bsky.social and colleagues explores the evolution of kissing.
Kissing may date back 21.5 million years, appears across large apes, and potentially occurred among Neanderthals as well!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#WplusEBSWednesdays
Kissing may date back 21.5 million years, appears across large apes, and potentially occurred among Neanderthals as well!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#WplusEBSWednesdays
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Happy #WplusEBSWednesday, folks!
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences Application
Application to the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences taking place from May 25th to June 19th, 2026 in Toulouse, France Application deadline: December 15th, 2025 Applicants will be...
www.tse-fr.eu
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Happy #WplusEBSWednesday, folks!
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
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Reminder for this upcoming #WplusEBSWednesday: if you have anything you’d like us to highlight, please fill out this Google Form!
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
🔗 forms.gle/oz6M3fXN8G7z...
#WplusEBS
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
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W+EBS Wednesdays Recommendation Form
Have a resource, opportunity, or recommendation you think would be valuable to the Women+ in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (W+EBS) community?
Every Wednesday, we share posts featuring useful tools,...
forms.gle
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Reminder for this upcoming #WplusEBSWednesday: if you have anything you’d like us to highlight, please fill out this Google Form!
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
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And finally, Penn State University is also looking for an Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology, "in the areas of Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or Industrial-Organizational psychology" (3/3)
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Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And finally, Penn State University is also looking for an Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology, "in the areas of Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or Industrial-Organizational psychology" (3/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
#WplusEBSWednesday
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#WplusEBSWednesday
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Second, Washington State University's Anthropology department is hiring an Assistant Professor with a "specialty in cultural anthropology focused on health, well-being, and/or human-environment interactions" (2/3)
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#WplusEBSWednesday
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#WplusEBSWednesday
Assistant Professor
Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: November 2, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 270-NN_FACULTY - A...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Second, Washington State University's Anthropology department is hiring an Assistant Professor with a "specialty in cultural anthropology focused on health, well-being, and/or human-environment interactions" (2/3)
wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
#WplusEBSWednesday
wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
#WplusEBSWednesday
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For this #WplusEBSWednesday, we wanted to highlight some job opportunities closing November 1st & 2nd!
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
For this #WplusEBSWednesday, we wanted to highlight some job opportunities closing November 1st & 2nd!
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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I will be reviewing graduate student applications in the Social Psychology Area at Miami University for the 2025–2026 application cycle (Ph.D. start date: Fall 2026).
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
Affective Science and Psychophysiology Lab
The Affective Science and Psychophysiology Lab at Miami University aims to understand affective processes, ways to regulate them, and their impact on psychological and physical health.
www.darwinguevarra.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I will be reviewing graduate student applications in the Social Psychology Area at Miami University for the 2025–2026 application cycle (Ph.D. start date: Fall 2026).
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
Learn more about the Affective Science & Psychophysiology Lab and how to apply on the “Join Us” tab at www.darwinguevarra.com
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Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
🔗 forms.gle/oz6M3fXN8G7z...
#WplusEBS
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
🔗 forms.gle/oz6M3fXN8G7z...
#WplusEBS
W+EBS Wednesdays Recommendation Form
Have a resource, opportunity, or recommendation you think would be valuable to the Women+ in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (W+EBS) community?
Every Wednesday, we share posts featuring useful tools,...
forms.gle
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
🔗 forms.gle/oz6M3fXN8G7z...
#WplusEBS
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
🔗 forms.gle/oz6M3fXN8G7z...
#WplusEBS
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I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
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Why does W+EBS matter to @ksheetz.bsky.social?
"W+EBS matters to me because every person deserves to feel safe and supported pursuing knowledge, their passions, and career opportunities."
(2/2)
"W+EBS matters to me because every person deserves to feel safe and supported pursuing knowledge, their passions, and career opportunities."
(2/2)
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Why does W+EBS matter to @ksheetz.bsky.social?
"W+EBS matters to me because every person deserves to feel safe and supported pursuing knowledge, their passions, and career opportunities."
(2/2)
"W+EBS matters to me because every person deserves to feel safe and supported pursuing knowledge, their passions, and career opportunities."
(2/2)
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Why is W+EBS important to @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social?
“W+EBS creates space for women and sexually & gender-diverse scholars to support each other, celebrate one another’s successes, and make our field more inclusive. A community like this feels worth being part of.” (2/2)
“W+EBS creates space for women and sexually & gender-diverse scholars to support each other, celebrate one another’s successes, and make our field more inclusive. A community like this feels worth being part of.” (2/2)
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Why is W+EBS important to @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social?
“W+EBS creates space for women and sexually & gender-diverse scholars to support each other, celebrate one another’s successes, and make our field more inclusive. A community like this feels worth being part of.” (2/2)
“W+EBS creates space for women and sexually & gender-diverse scholars to support each other, celebrate one another’s successes, and make our field more inclusive. A community like this feels worth being part of.” (2/2)
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👋 And finishing our intros, I'm @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social, the Student Social Media Officer (& a PhD Candidate at UC Santa Barbara)!
At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
👋 And finishing our intros, I'm @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social, the Student Social Media Officer (& a PhD Candidate at UC Santa Barbara)!
At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
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Exploring careers beyond academia? Our new resource page helps researchers translate their expertise into roles in UX research, consulting, data science & more. Plus: career spotlights, FAQs & curated resources!
Learn more: ow.ly/xysa50XgT1I
Learn more: ow.ly/xysa50XgT1I
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Exploring careers beyond academia? Our new resource page helps researchers translate their expertise into roles in UX research, consulting, data science & more. Plus: career spotlights, FAQs & curated resources!
Learn more: ow.ly/xysa50XgT1I
Learn more: ow.ly/xysa50XgT1I
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Why does W+EBS matter to @anthrosarah.bsky.social?
“W+EBS & many of the researchers behind it have been incredibly supportive as colleagues & friends. As an anthropologist, it’s especially meaningful to be part of a society that highlights & celebrates the diversity within our own community”(2/2)
“W+EBS & many of the researchers behind it have been incredibly supportive as colleagues & friends. As an anthropologist, it’s especially meaningful to be part of a society that highlights & celebrates the diversity within our own community”(2/2)
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Why does W+EBS matter to @anthrosarah.bsky.social?
“W+EBS & many of the researchers behind it have been incredibly supportive as colleagues & friends. As an anthropologist, it’s especially meaningful to be part of a society that highlights & celebrates the diversity within our own community”(2/2)
“W+EBS & many of the researchers behind it have been incredibly supportive as colleagues & friends. As an anthropologist, it’s especially meaningful to be part of a society that highlights & celebrates the diversity within our own community”(2/2)
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Reminder to anyone considering submitting for #HBES2026 and/or #CES2026 that the abstract submission deadline is November 16th!
Full guidelines and requirements are available on the conference website.
🔗 Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026
We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
🔗 Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026
We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Why does W+EBS matter to @haneuljang.bsky.social?
“W+EBS provides an inclusive community for women and LGBTQ+ scholars, offering a safe environment to share challenges, support one another, and grow together in evolutionary sciences” (2/2)
#WplusEBS
“W+EBS provides an inclusive community for women and LGBTQ+ scholars, offering a safe environment to share challenges, support one another, and grow together in evolutionary sciences” (2/2)
#WplusEBS
October 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Why does W+EBS matter to @haneuljang.bsky.social?
“W+EBS provides an inclusive community for women and LGBTQ+ scholars, offering a safe environment to share challenges, support one another, and grow together in evolutionary sciences” (2/2)
#WplusEBS
“W+EBS provides an inclusive community for women and LGBTQ+ scholars, offering a safe environment to share challenges, support one another, and grow together in evolutionary sciences” (2/2)
#WplusEBS
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👋 Meet Anne, our incoming Chair!
@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
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@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
👋 Meet Anne, our incoming Chair!
@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
@annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept.
As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
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Why does W+EBS matter to @abbeyepage.bsky.social?
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Why does W+EBS matter to @abbeyepage.bsky.social?
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
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I’ll have more to say about this paper in a bit, but very excited about it. Helps to explain why punishment doesn’t work to improve cooperation, why people still punish anyway, and what it implies about the evolution of cooperation and criminal justice policy www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation | PNAS
Third-party punishment is theorized by some scholars to be essential to the evolution
of large-scale cooperation, but empirically, it often fails t...
www.pnas.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’ll have more to say about this paper in a bit, but very excited about it. Helps to explain why punishment doesn’t work to improve cooperation, why people still punish anyway, and what it implies about the evolution of cooperation and criminal justice policy www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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I had a great time at HBES 2025 @humbehevosoc.bsky.social! I presented my work on a method we developed that allows us to predict who people will choose as partners 3 months into the future—participants chose romantic partners on their own, in their own mating markets—with zero intervention from us!
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I had a great time at HBES 2025 @humbehevosoc.bsky.social! I presented my work on a method we developed that allows us to predict who people will choose as partners 3 months into the future—participants chose romantic partners on their own, in their own mating markets—with zero intervention from us!
