In a 2002 BEC talk, I described the working hypothesis that bittersweet taste is a marker for sensitivity to metabolic equanimity, manifested in ways ranging from responsiveness to energy balance to emotional reactivity and stress vulnerability; data from rats selectively bred on a...
Haines Hall 352, UCLA
Lunch provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. We request a $6 donation.
The Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences at UCLA
Public Affairs Building 2343
A lot of evolutionary theory involves the concept of populations climbing towards peaks of higher fitness. Such theory has been written without taking into account that in most species there are two distinct classes of individuals — males and females — that influence the evolutionary...
Haines Hall 352, UCLA
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How do humans come to have a “moral sense”? Are adults’ conceptions of which actions are right and which are wrong, of who is good and who is bad, who deserves praise and who deserves blame wholly the result of experiences like observing and interacting with others in one’s cultural...
Haines Hall 352, UCLA
Lunch provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. We request a $6 donation.
The Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences at UCLA
Public Affairs Building 2343
Body size can have an immense impact on the biology, ecology, and social status of an animal, but so too can ones ability to advertise or assess body size. Many species communicate their size vocally. Research investigating vocal communication of physical size in mammals,...
Haines Hall 352, UCLA
Lunch provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. We request a $6 donation.
Henry Winkler--"The Fonz"--came to UCLA to speak as a guest lecturer for Fiat Lux freshmen seminar. Renowned for his 1970s sitcom “Happy Days” and a series of 29 children’s books, WInkler shared his process behind the books and personal anecdotes in "Collaborating in Hollywood: You'll...
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