New research from the lab in collaboration with Andy Elliot shows that men in Burkina Faso find women in red more attractive, suggesting that red may be a universal sexual signal. Read the paper in press at JESP here.
Nonverbal pride displays function to bias social learning. Read Jason Martens’ and Jess’ paper– online early edition now available at SPPS.
New grant just awarded from the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) will fund a major new project on self-conscious emotions and alcoholism. To learn more about this project click here.
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.
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
New research from the lab shows that the pride expression is likely to be a universal implicit status signal– now in press at Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Read the paper here.
Pride and shame expressions communicate status more powerfully than competing contextual information– paper by Azim Shariff, Jess, and Jeff Markusoff published at PSPB.
Lab Happy Hour And… lab members in action
Joey Cheng, “Dominance and Prestige: Distinct routes to social influence” in a symposium chaired by Joey and Jess on “The Pursuit of Social Status”. Other speakers include Robb Willer, Nathaniel Fast, and Nir Halevy. SPSP Conference San Diego, CA Saturday,…
Jason Martens, “An Emotion-Based Learning Bias: Does the Pride Expression Cue Expertise?,” in a symposium chaired by Jason and Jess on “Pride, Power, and Social-Status: The Impact of Expanded Posture on Self and Others.” Other speakers: Dana Carney, Li Huang,…