Invited Talk
Hard Adaptationism Meets Soft Emotions
| Chair:
Daniel M.T. Fessler
University of California, Los Angeles |
A complete evolutionary psychology both explores features of mind as evolved adaptations and recognizes that adaptations are constrained by their phylogenetic derivation from prior traits. Recent work illustrates how such a perspective sheds light on functional aspects of emotions, and explains features of emotions that are often taken for granted.
2010 Program Committee
Tyler S. Lorig, Washington and Lee University (Chair); Nalini Ambady, Tufts University; Abigail Baird, Vassar College; Sian Beilock, University of Chicago; Daniel Klein, State University of New York, Stony Brook; Richard Lewis, Pomona College; Kris Preacher, University of Kansas; Deidra Schleicher, Purdue University; Timothy Strauman, Duke University; Tracy Zinn, James Madison University