Jean Decety 🇺🇸 🇪🇺@Decety

Professor | University of Chicago Cognitive Neuroscience - Social Neuroscience - Psychology - Morality - Evolution

 United States
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Joined October 2009
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Kevin Waldman
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Sep 22
9/10 students across 5 universities reported that pro-Western views are viewed negatively on campus researchgate.net/publication…
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Luke Glowacki
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Sep 23
Cool system to study the evolution of cooperation and division of labor. Marine bacteria cooperate to break down complex algal carbohydrates nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Marine bacteria cooperate to break down complex algal carbohydrates

Nature - Microbes with complementary functions work together synergistically to degrade fucoidan molecules.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD
@jayvanbavel
Sep 21
Does ingroup love lead to outgroup hate? NO! I often try to explain to people that identifying with ingroups does not necessarily lead to outgroup discrimination. I call this the "Myth of tribalism". A new paper provides strong and robust evidence for a positive relationship between ingroup and outgroup prosociality.! Across six datasets that span multiple domains of prosociality and group distinctions with 743,402 individuals in 121 societies, finds that people who are prosocial toward the ingroup also tend to be prosocial toward the outgroup. "The results offer an optimistic message for prosociality across group boundaries. When people are not made to choose between the ingroup and outgroup, they are generally prosocial toward both." Here is the new research: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25… Here is an article I co-authored for The Atlantic on the Myth of Tribalism in 2022: theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Rob Sica@robsica
Sep 17
"Little evidence supports the central idea that belief in big gods enabled large‐scale cooperation." compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.…

New Advances in Cognitive Science of Religion

The paper highlights a number of new developments in Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR): It discusses how recent approaches are more mindful of the influence of culture on religious cognition, put...

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD
@jayvanbavel
Sep 17
Compared to members of higher-status groups, members of lower-status groups often show no implicit ingroup preference Among lower-status groups, ingroup preferences are accompanied by greater self-regulatory control than outgroup preferences (according to an analysis of 5.7 million implicit bias tests). This suggests people are engaging in self-regulatory control when they are lower in the social hierarchy. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.26…
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Sarah E. Hill@sarahehillphd
Sep 14
Why are men and women different? This week on The XX Lab, Dr. David Puts and I dive into hormones, the brain, and the biology behind sex differences. 🎧 Watch or listen now. #Hormones #TheXXLab #science #psychology
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Trends in Genetics@TrendsGenetics
Sep 14
African genomes are not a subset dlvr.it/TVTTP1
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Thomas Talhelm@ThomasTalhelm
Sep 15
🚨 It's finally out! 🚨 This is the big one. 100 cultures, 12,000 people, 108 researchers. Why people (and our most-used surveys) get collectivism wrong and how to fix it. Join me for a fun thread! 🧵 @NatureHumBehav nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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USMC Recruiting
@USMarineCorps
Sep 8
Be the hunter, not the hunted: Marines conduct a live-fire range with M27 infantry automatic rifles. Marines are strategic warriors who fight on behalf of our Nation.
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Abigail Marsh@aa_marsh
Sep 9
Interesting and counter-intuitive (sounding) findings in @PNASNews from a large, multi-national team of scientists: People in more individualist cultures are more motivated to make others feel better. pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pna…
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD
@jayvanbavel
Sep 4
Is AI making us stupid? Many people worry that AI use will erode human cognition. A new paper reviews evidence that offloading cognition to AI can impede skill acquisition and lead to skill decay. However, this is not inevitable. It depends on how you use the technolog. cell.com/trends/cognitive-sc…
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD
@jayvanbavel
Aug 21
Some good news: The proportion of humans living in poverty has plummeted in recent years. The biggest gains have been made in lifting people out of extreme poverty. Bad news goes viral on social media, but there are many positive trends around the world.
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How do hunger and poverty influence children’s willingness to share resources with a hungry recipient? sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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What an excellent article❗️ theatlantic.com/magazine/202…

Why I Quit the Tenure Track

The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia

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U.S. Marines
@USMC
Jul 28
#Marines and @USNavy Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio (LPD 17), take part in deck landing qualifications. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. @Southcom area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR. #MarineCorps #USMC #SemperFi #Military
U.S. Sailors, assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), refuel a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), Littoral Combat Force-24, during deck landing qualifications, July 23, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, Department of War-directed operations, and the president\u2019s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)\n\n

ALT U.S. Sailors, assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), refuel a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), Littoral Combat Force-24, during deck landing qualifications, July 23, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, Department of War-directed operations, and the president\u2019s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)\n\n

U.S. Sailors, assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), refuel a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), Littoral Combat Force-24, during deck landing qualifications, July 23, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, Department of War-directed operations, and the president\u2019s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)\n\n

ALT U.S. Sailors, assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), refuel a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), Littoral Combat Force-24, during deck landing qualifications, July 23, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, Department of War-directed operations, and the president\u2019s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)\n\n

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Steve Stewart-Williams
@SteveStuWill
Jul 23
Ignoring Sex Differences Harms Women and Men Alike A new review of A Billion Years of Sex Differences in The New Statesman stevestewartwilliams.com/p/i…

Ignoring Sex Differences Harms Women and Men Alike

A new review of A Billion Years of Sex Differences in The New Statesman

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Carole Hooven
@hoovlet
Jul 13
1/ A new article in @Ecology_Letters by a group of evolutionary biologists—pioneers and leading experts on the evolution of sex. (The article is open access, short, and clear.) "Biological sex is best defined as a binary classification of male and female reproductive strategies rooted in anisogamy, characterised by the production of two discrete gamete types of different sizes." "We call for a more differentiated discourse on sex, one that separates the scientific conception of biological sex from societal discussions regarding the diversity of gender expressions and identities in humans." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Biological Sex Is Binary and Rooted in Anisogamy

Drawing on empirical evidence and evolutionary theory, we argue that biological sex is most coherently defined as a binary classification of reproductive strategies rooted in anisogamy (the product...

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RT @sapinker: "The world most of our ancestors faced was in fact more gruesome than modern minds can fathom. From routine spousal and child…

The Grim Truth About the “Good Old Days”

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RT @sapinker: "More misguided critique of the modern theory of evolution"—Jerry Coyne, as always, brings clarity to biological commentary i…
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