Evolutionary Social Psychologist | Studies behavioral expressions of genetic conflict 🧬 | CSUF🐘and ASUpsych 🔱🌵alum | Assistant professor BoiseStatePsych jessicaayers.org
Jessica D Ayers
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Why is lower wealth often associated with greater empathy? New work at SPPS w @jessicadayers.bsky.social Yul Kwon
Peter Todd @athenaaktipis.bsky.social shows lower wealth cultivates empathy via challenges and helping - but only among moderate helpers🧵https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506261449280
and is also featured in the EHB blog, in both English and Spanish! www.hbes.com/whom-should-...
@jessicadayers.bsky.social @jeremykoster.bsky.social @athenaaktipis.bsky.social + Daniel Balliet, Lee Cronk
Diego Guevara Beltran
Our current habitats look very different from the habitats we evolved to live in, and this has major implications for how we feel in the modern world
Diego Guevara Beltran
Our last talk of the day is Kristina Durante talking to us about dealing with the mismatch of how are brains are built and the world we live in currently #EPatSPSP2026 @spspnews.bsky.social
Some preliminary ideas about how we gain information about status and update our estimates of status
Do you want a lot of friend, or only a few that your really close with? In our new paper, we ( @psycheddiego.bsky.social D. Mercado & @athenaaktipis.bsky.social) present the concept, structure, and validation of friendship making orientation kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Humans form groups. So we can’t just assume that individual formality equates to who will win contests
Mitchell Landers talks to us about how status helps us predict coalitions #EPatSPSP2026 @spspnews.bsky.social
Jessica D Ayers
Jessica D Ayers
Jessica D Ayers
Jessica D Ayers
Jessica D Ayers
Jessica D Ayers
What our current habitats look like
Jessica D Ayers
Why is lower social class often associated with greater empathy? We test whether less wealthy people experience more challenges, thereby motivating them to help...
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– by Diego Guevara Beltran English Imagine you live in a small community where food is often scarce; storms, droughts, pests, and fires can destroy crops, disease and injuries can keep you from workin...
In our new paper (with Keelah Williams and her amazing undergrads), we examine cross-societal evidence for sex difference in preferences for emotional support in friends. We find that women place more importance on this trait than men do kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
