Explore the mind's quirks through cognitive science on the cognitations podcast. Recorded @ Cambridge, ENS-PSL & Uni Grenoble Alpes.
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Evolutionary psychology suggests humans are drawn to features such as facial symmetry, implying universal standards of attractiveness linked to health and fertility. But are these preferences universal? Prof Boothroyd challenges this idea through her research in Nicaraguan communities
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🎙️ EP #22
How are religious beliefs distinct from ordinary factual beliefs? What is the cognitive architecture of such beliefs?
@adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this and much more with philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen
youtu.be/pUUS8fAJfRg?...
Easter EP
As AI agents get smarter, are we entering a golden age of hypercreativity? Or are we entering an age of homogenised culture where we all just recycle the same AI-generated ideas?
@adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this and much more with @babeheim.bsky.social
youtu.be/coQnyaEw50s
Some have long thought that humans are universally attracted to specific features: think of symmetrical faces. Are these really universal?
@adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this and much more with @drboothroyd.bsky.social
youtu.be/skwy9yKkytM
Tune in for a new episode of @cognitations.bsky.social where @drboothroyd.bsky.social explains whether attractiveness preferences are universal or not among humans 👀 😉
Finally got round to listening to the full @cognitations.bsky.social interview with @manvir.bsky.social and what a great episode it is. I use the Singh & Glowacki paper on diversity in pre-agricultural cultures in my teaching, and really enjoyed this elaboration of the core ideas/history.
