Mitchell

Evolutionist. Biology and psychology. PhD University of Chicago. Postdoctoral Researcher at UCSD. Anti-Manichean.

[Mitchell @MitchSBLanders]

Excited to announce new paper in Emotion by me, @dznycer, & @pdurkee:

"Are self-conscious emotions about the self? Testing competing theories of shame and guilt across two disparate cultures”

https://t.co/AtvFxIc5da

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A fruit smoothie makes for a nutritious morning meal. Playing badminton enhances overall physical coordination and balance. The synchronized actions of the hands, eyes, feet, and waist promote greater body flexibility and more fluid movements.

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Cheese-baked lobster is always a delight, especially with its spicy and satisfying flavor profile.

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A delicate mist envelops the mountains' lower slopes, gently blurring their rugged, rocky contours.

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A twilight stroll with my energetic son

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Apricot compote with additional ingredients

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The blossoms are on display at the floral show.

[Daniel Sznycer @dsznycer]

Body parts (human & non-human) are the largest semantic domain in the Swadesh list—a set of 100 words found in all known languages—followed by verbs, adjectives, and nat. phenomena https://t.co/qIgjQvAg2Q

If reading this, you almost certainly have them!

https://t.co/8MArv2Mv1N

[Daniel Sznycer @dsznycer]

Some have argued that the undeserved success of others elicits envy. But do such undeserved successes—for example, ill-gotten acquisitions—actually elicit envy?

https://t.co/q5yipwWeGq

Cool new paper by @MitchSBLanders & Alex Shaw

[Daniel Sznycer @dsznycer]

Had a good chat with the Davids about the so-called self-conscious emotions

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Also, shoutout Anthony Lopez @EvoPolitics—should have tagged you!!

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🚨🚨 New paper out now in Evolution and Human Behavior: "The evolutionary logic of anger and hatred: an empirical test" with Aaron Sell, Coltan Scrivner @MorbidPsych, and Anthony Lopez. https://t.co/IV1ddNYTmx View the full paper here: https://t.co/SuedpntcSl

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As work in these areas continues, an evolutionary-functional lens helps explain how these emotions differ and remains a powerful tool for understanding human nature /END