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Baldwin Effect: How Learning Drives Evolution
The Baldwin effect is an evolutionary theory describing how phenotypic plasticity and individual learning allow...
Evolutionary Psychology
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Bad Is Stronger Than Good: Negativity’s Power
The principle of 'bad is stronger than good' demonstrates why negative events, emotions, and interactions...
November 8, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Babyfacedness: The Power of Neotenous Faces
Explore the psychology of babyfacedness, its evolutionary roots in the Kindchenschema, and how neotenous facial...
November 8, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Aversion: Psychology of Repulsion and Avoidance
Aversion is a vital affective and motivational mechanism driving avoidance of noxious, toxic, or distressing...
November 8, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Randy Thornhill – 1944 Present
A comprehensive academic analysis of Randy Thornhill's life, entomological research, evolutionary psychology theories, and parasite-stress...
November 8, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Michael Tomasello – 1950 Present
A comprehensive academic analysis of Michael Tomasello's contributions to comparative psychology, shared intentionality, language acquisition,...
November 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Assortative Mating: The Science of Partner Choice
Assortative mating is a non-random mating pattern where individuals pair based on phenotypic, genetic, or...
November 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Martin Daly – 1944 Present
A comprehensive academic analysis of the life, theories, and empirical contributions of evolutionary psychologist Martin...
November 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Archaic Inheritance: Ancestral Echoes in the Mind
Archaic inheritance denotes the psychoanalytic concept that ancestral memories, primal fantasies, and phylogenetic traces are...
November 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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John Tooby – 1952 2023
A comprehensive academic analysis of the life, scholarship, and enduring intellectual legacy of evolutionary psychology...
November 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Antipredatory Aggression: Survival Under Threat
Antipredatory aggression is an organism's evolutionary, high-stakes defensive behavior aimed at neutralizing a predator when...
October 28, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Theorists
Jay Belsky – 1953 Present
A comprehensive academic examination of Jay Belsky's life, theoretical innovations, differential susceptibility hypothesis, and legacy...
October 24, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti