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Two Ways to the Top published at JPSP

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Jess —

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New research by Joey Cheng, Jess Tracy, and other UBC collaborators showing that Dominance and Prestige are both effective routes to social influence, now published at JPSP. Read the CNN story here.

11th most downloaded article from Evolution and Human Behavior

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Jess —

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Joey Cheng, Jess, & Joe Henrich’s (2010) paper on The Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status was the 11th most downloaded article from Evolution and Human Behavior in 2011

(Implicitly) Judging a Book By Its Cover: The Power of Pride and Shame Expressions in Shaping Judgments of Social Status

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Jess —

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Pride and shame expressions communicate status more powerfully than competing contextual information– paper by Azim Shariff, Jess, and Jeff Markusoff published at PSPB.

SPSP 2012

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jess —

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Jess Tracy, Alec Beall, Will Dunlop, Azim Shariff, Aaron Weidman, Conor Steckler, Jason Martens

Lab Happy Hour And… lab members in action

Published at PLoS ONE

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Nan —

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Now published at PLoS ONE: Jess & Jason’s paper showing that existential anxiety influences beliefs in evolution and intelligent design. Read press on the PLoS ONE article here

Social Neuroendocrinology SPSP Pre-Conference Talk

Posted on December 10, 2011 by admin —

Joey Cheng, “Physiological evidence of a fragile ego: Narcissists show elevated levels of stress-related biomarkers in response to daily negative emotions” SPSP Social Neuroendocrinology Pre-Conference Data Blitz San Diego, CA Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, 12:30-1:15