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Brain Development 
A broadcast in RealAudio from the annual meeting of the AAAS: Marion Diamond and others on how genes and the environment work together to shape the young developing brain.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1996/Feb/hour1_020996.html
Daniel J. Kruger: Evolutionary Psychology 
This Research Fellow at the University of Michigan provides an online version of his work "What is Evolutionary Psychology?" published 2002.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kruger/
Evolution's Voyage 
Evolutionary Psychology For The Common Person. Includes articles, book reviews and reading lists.
http://www.evoyage.com/
Evolutionary Psychology 
Provides a concise definition of the field with links to related topics.
http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/evol-psych.html
Evolutionary Psychology Challenges the Current Social Sciences 
This article attempts to describe evolutionary psychology and the challenge it poses to traditional social science, and then discusses opportunities evolutionary psychology opens for Christian apologetics.
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Evolution/PSCF9-98Zimmer.html
Evolutionary analysis of depression. 
Presents the niche change model of depression, proposing evolutionary adaptationist functions for minor and major depression to be considered by patients and their families, as well as mental health professionals.
http://biology.unm.edu/biology/pwatson/public_html/Watson_Andrews2002.pdf
Evolutionary psychology 
A comprehensive evolutionary psychology must be able to deal with our future psychological evolution as well as our past. This paper begins the extension of evolutionary psychology to our future evolution.
http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/evpsy.htm
Flight from Science and Reason 
Paul Gross and colleagues take issue with what they see as a trend toward irrationalism in science and academia.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Jul/hour2_072895.html
Frank Sulloway 
Audio interview with the visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, author of 'Born to Rebel'.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/sulloway/
Frans de Waal 
An audio interview with the primatologist and author.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/waal/
Human Culture, Human Mind 
A discussion about the minds of innovators and whether technological advances are a mixed blessing featuring Howard Gardner and Robert Ornstein.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Dec/hour2_121595.html
Human Genome Project 
Where does the push to sequence the human genome stand, and what's the outlook for the near future? And what will knowing the genome be able to tell us? A genetics update on this hour of Science Friday.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jun/hour1_060900.html
Human Origins Update 
The recent discovery of 10,000-year-old rock paintings in a Brazilian cave has led scientists to question how early humans populated the Americas and what they did for a living. A discussion with Anna Roosevelt and Richard Klein.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1996/May/hour1_051096.html
Identifying the accident prone 
Your personality could determine how likely you are to be involved in an accident, say researchers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1100347.stm
In Search of Human Origins: Classroom Ideas 
Lesson Plans Introduce evolution, classify species, and write quizzes about early humans to get a better understanding of human origins.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/outpost/resource_lesson1.html
Jared Diamond 
An audio interview with the author, physiologist, evolutionary biologist and biogeographer.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/diamond/
Koen DePryck 
Links to publications on evolutionary advantages of learning disabilities and other items.
http://www.kdpgroup.com/
Language Gene 
NPR interview with Steven Pinker on the discovery of the first gene linked to speech and language.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1148343
Margaret Hagen 
Audio interview with an expert on visual perception.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/hagen/
Monkey Math 
What do experiments on mathematical ability in other species say about the fundamentals of math -- and of psychology?
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jan/hour1_010700.html
NPR - Focus on Ordinary Behavior 
Radio interview with the founder of "The Journal of Mundane Behavior."
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1071573
Nature/Nurture Debate 
Audio discussion featuring Dean Hamer.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1010508
Origins of Language 
When did we first start talking and how did language evolve over the millenniums into the diverse form of communication it is today? An audio debate.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Sep/hour2_090895.html
Orlando Patterson 
Audio interview with the historical sociologist and Professor at Harvard University. He won the 1991 National Book Award for Freedom in the Making of Western Culture, appears regularly in The New York Times, Newsweek, and The New Republic. He also served
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/patterson/
Paul Ehrlich: Human Natures 
How much do our genes determine our behavior? Is there such a thing as "genetic destiny?" And is evolution merely a biological process, or is it a cultural process as well?
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Oct/hour2_102700.html
Psychology, Culture, and Evolution 
Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics, links to cultural-historical psychology, and links to articles about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality.
http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/
Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses 
Replicators are the fundamental units of any process of natural selection. They were first defined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins as any entities of which copies are made. The concept of replicators has diverse applications in a variety of area
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004367/home.shtml
Research Group on Evolution and Higher Cognition 
Center at Rutgers University provides faculty profiles, information on courses and conferences. Also offers an archive of papers.
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ArchiveFolder/Research%20Group/research.html
Richard Wrangham 
Audio interview with the Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. His book 'Demonic Males' popularized ideas he has developed in scholarly research focused on the influence of ecology on the evolution of primate social behavior.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/wrangham/
Scientists 'Locate' Intelligence 
British and German scientists believe they have identified the specific area of the human brain responsible for intelligence.ˇ=
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/844217.stm
Secrets of the brain 
The organ of thought is the subject of a major new BBC television series 'Brain Story'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm
Sex, Drugs, and Cults 
An evolutionary perspective on sex, drugs, cults, religions, and ideologies by H. Keith Henson, including a hair-raising account of the author's encounters with the scientiology cult.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/cults.html
So you think you're logical? 
An online implementation of one of the most famous experiments in social/evolutionary psychology.
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/logic_task.htm
Stress and Disease 
Audio discussion with Robert Sapolsky on the biology of stress.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Dec/hour1_122295.html
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh 
Audio conversations with the noted primatologist.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/savage-rumbaugh/
Synaesthesia 
Scientists are working to understand just how sensations are experienced and interpreted.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jul/hour2_072800.html
The Bio-Rational Institute 
Articles, references and information about evolutionary influences on human experience.
http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/
The Dance of Consciousness 
In an audio interview, neuroscientist Walter J. Freeman discusses his view that consciousness springs from action.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/freeman/
The Descent of Man 
Covers the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's four-part radio series on neo-Darwinism.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/descent/
The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program 
Work by faculty and students at the University of Michigan in the area of evolution and human behavior, including work relevant to Darwinian medicine.
http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/ehap/nesseflier.htm
The Evolutionary Psychology FAQ 
Answers to frequently asked questions about evolutionary psychology.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/evpsychfaq.html
The Genetics of Complex Traits 
Science Friday discussion on the genetics of complex traits.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/Feb/hour2_021497.html
The Imagined World Made Real 
Tom Dickins looks at Henry Plotkin's view on the natural science of culture.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/plotkin.html
The Origin of Language - UsingEnglish.com 
Some thoughts on the 'origin of language' debate, and the arguments put forward by Steels and MacWhinney, in contrast to those put forward by Chomsky and Pinker.
http://www.usingenglish.com/speaking-out/universal-grammar.html
The Role of the Skeptic 
A discussion including Eugenie Scott.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1996/Jun/hour2_062196.html
The Science of Beauty 
Nancy Etcoff, Doug Jones and Steve Gangestad discuss the science of beauty.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Mar/hour2_030395.html
The Undiscovered Mind 
A conversation with John Horgan on his dismissive views of contemporary research.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1999/Sep/hour2_092499.html
The original 'rock music' 
Many Stone Age relics lying in our museums might not simply be tools but could also be musical instruments.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/festival_of_science/920305.stm
Unlocking the brain's potential 
Scientists think they have identified the part of the brain, which if switched off, can stimulate artistic genius, a BBC documentary shows.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1211299.stm
What makes a good rumour? 
A rumour spread by a small radio station saw UK motorists trying to beat a phantom fuel blockade. What makes a rumour so successful?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/934357.stm
When babies 'see' 
Babies start to see complex objects in the same way as adults at the age of seven months, according to new research.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1037328.stm
Women's Choice of Men Goes in Cycles 
The BBC reports that women are attracted to more hunky men at the most fertile time of their menstrual cycle - this may be part of an evolutionary explanation of infidelity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/376321.stm
World From Within 
Explores the pathology of modern human language and social-cultural institutions.
http://www.saivo.com/
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