UBC Emotion & Self Lab

Several lab members will be presenting at the upcoming SPSP meeting in Las Vegas, Jan. 28-30. Check out Jess’ talk in the Evolution Pre-Conference, on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 3:40 pm, on “The Nature of Pride”. Jess is also giving a talk on Friday, Jan. 29, at 3:30 pm, on “Death and Science: The existential underpinnings of belief in intelligent design and discomfort with evolution”. Also at 3:30 on Friday, Azim Shariff will be giving a talk in a symposium that he and Jess are co-chairing, entitled, “Beyond recognition: What are the social (and not so social) functions of emotion expressions?” Azim’s talk is on “The irrepressible communicative power of the emotion expressions of pride and shame.”

Joey Cheng and Jason Martens will be presenting posters at the Evolution Pre-Conference and the main conference; Joey’s poster can be found at #A166, “Are dominance and prestige distinct strategies for attaining social status?” and Jason’s at A108, “Do the chimpanzee bluff display and human pride expression share evolutionary origins?”

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