Bernardo Seixas
@bernardoseixas.bsky.social
Psychology PhD student at Arizona State University.
Last week, I attended the first-ever Summer Academy of the Cooperative Futures Institute. It was a mind-expanding week of stimulating talks and workshops by experts on the frontier of AI and behavioral science. I left feeling hopeful about the future of human-AI interaction and excited for next year
What makes religious fasting prosocial? Hunger usually makes people more selfish, impulsive, and aggressive — so why does fasting seem to do the opposite? That was the question at the heart of my talk at the 37th meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Rabat, Morocco last week.
We’re kicking off #HBES2026 with opening remarks! 🌍 Welcome to the 37th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Rabat, Morocco. Stay tuned for our first plenary with Brooke Scelza at 11:30.
Saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Trivers, a giant in evolutionary biology. www.skeptic.com/article/robe...
Robert Trivers (1943–2026) Reflects on His Life and Work
Robert Trivers looks back on his life and tells the story of how he became an evolutionary biologist, reflecting on science, mental illness, mentors, ambition, and self-deception. Through encounters w...
skeptic.com
And ZAMM 2025 kicks off in Eureka Springs! Excited to hear talks by unique, creative minds
World’s first behavior transplant between species achieved newatlas.com/biology/unkn...
World's first ‘behavior transplant’ between species achieved
In a breakthrough study, scientists have transferred a courtship behavior from one species to another, triggering the recipient to perform this completely foreign act as if it was its own. While genes...
newatlas.com
Check out the June installment of Steve Stewart-Williams’ linkfest: substack.com/@stevestewar...
Steve Stewart-Williams on Substack
Welcome to the June edition of the N3 Newsletter Linkfest: your monthly dose of myth-busting, mind-expanding, and occasionally maddening science. In this month’s offering: Why the 10,000-step rule is...
substack.com
Solving intelligence requires new research and funding models www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/solv...
Solving intelligence requires new research and funding models
Our research ecosystem isn't built to deliver the breakthroughs needed to understand intelligence at scale. We need a dedicated research institution to take up the task.
thetransmitter.org
Good article from The Transmitter: Males and females show different patterns of risk for brain-based conditions. Ignoring these differences does us all a disservice. www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Males and females show different patterns of risk for brain-based conditions. Ignoring these differences does us all a disservice.
Although studying sex differences in the brain is complex, technically awkward and socioculturally loaded, it is absolutely essential.
thetransmitter.org
Just presented a poster at SPSP based on work I did with colleagues a couple years ago. We investigated how Openness to Experience and values like open mindedness predict support for woo beliefs. People seemed really interested!
Great short article by Iris Berent in which she argues that people’s tendency for dualism and essentialism make them skeptical of claims about innateness. academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
Who is afraid of innate knowledge?
Abstract. The fascinating results of Lorenzi et al. (2025) suggest that the number sense is innate. Many readers might find this conclusion disturbing. Her
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