Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind
In his first book, Robert explains the roots and implications of our inconsistent minds
Journal Articles
The Evolution of Altruism in Humans
We bring together this interdisciplinary body of research and review the main theories that have been proposed to explain human prosociality, with an emphasis on kinship, reciprocity, indirect reciprocity, punishment, and morality. — Annual Review of Psychology
A Solution to the Mysteries of Morality
By focusing on disputants' actions, bystanders can dynamically change which individuals they support across different disputes, simultaneously solving the problems of coordination and exploitation. — Psychological Bulletin
An Opportunity Cost Model of Subjective Effort and Task Performance.
Why does performing certain tasks cause the aversive experience of mental effort and concomitant deterioration in task performance? We propose an explanation. — Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Cognitive Systems for Revenge and Forgiveness
We review empirical evidence regarding the operation of these systems, discuss the causes of cultural and individual differences in their outputs, and sketch their computational architecture. — Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite
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