The socialization of boys and men in the modern era: An evolutionary mismatch
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DOI: 10.1017/s0954579419001366
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the misalignment between modern human society and certain male phenotypes, a misalignment that has been highlighted and explored in great detail in the work of Tom Dishion. We begin by briefly… read more here.
Keywords: modern era; socialization boys; evolutionary mismatch; era evolutionary ... See more keywords
Digital technologies and evolutionary mismatch: Harming, but also healing mental health.
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DOI: 10.1037/rev0000593
Abstract: Evidence linking computer-mediated communication (CMC) to mental health is often mixed and inconclusive. Theoretical efforts to explain this have lacked critical insights from fields like anthropology and evolutionary medicine, which contextualize human health problems in… read more here.
Keywords: mental health; technologies evolutionary; health; evolutionary mismatch ... See more keywords
Biases, evolutionary mismatch and the comparative analysis of human versus artificial cognition: a comment on Macmillan-Scott and Musolesi (2024)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.241017
Abstract: The paper by Macmillan-Scott & Musolesi [1] provides an insightful analysis of the rational reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) using cognitive tasks originally designed to study human decision-making biases. Their findings reveal systematic… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; scott musolesi; artificial cognition; evolutionary mismatch ... See more keywords
The Evolutionary Mismatch Hypothesis: Implications for Psychological Science
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DOI: 10.1177/0963721417731378
Abstract: Human psychological mechanisms are adaptations that evolved to process environmental inputs, turning them into behavioral outputs that, on average, increase survival or reproductive prospects. Modern contexts, however, differ vastly from the environments that existed as… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary mismatch; implications psychological; science evolutionary; psychological science ... See more keywords
Two Different Mismatches: Integrating the Developmental and the Evolutionary-Mismatch Hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1177/17456916221078318
Abstract: Evolutionary psychology aims to understand the origins of the human mind, including disease. Several theories about the origins of disease have been proposed. One concerns a developmental mismatch—a mismatch might occur at the individual level… read more here.
Keywords: different mismatches; two different; mismatch; mismatches integrating ... See more keywords