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APS Virtual Poster Showcase
Evolutionary Determinants of Cognition
Evolution has shaped the way that humans process information, helping us make adaptive decisions and guide our behavior. This symposium presents several ways in which information processing appears to be biased to produce adaptive behavior in human attention, memory, and decision-making. Discussion will follow.
Chairs & Discussants
- Joshua VanArsdallChair
Elmhurst College - Joshua VanArsdallDiscussant
Elmhurst College
Presentations
- Does Attending to Animate Stimuli Influence Responding on the CPT?Meaghan Altman, Alexander Khislavsky, Anabel Castillo, Jeffrey Gilger
- Testing the Intuitions of 'memory Athletes': Animacy and the Method of LociJanell Blunt, Joshua VanArsdall
- Social Exclusion and the Animacy Effect in Free RecallMichael White, Joshua VanArsdall, Elizabeth Majka
- Social Winners: The Effect of Status and Winning on Moral Decision-MakingPatrick Nebl, Mark McCoy