Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective最新文献

{"title":"Charting the Unknown : Sex Differences in Spatial Exploration Across the Lifespan.","authors":"Luming Zheng, Zehra Nur Genç, Valentin Baumann, Ineke van der Ham, Judith Schomaker","doi":"10.1007/s12110-025-09492-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-025-09492-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous work has suggested that males and females adopt different exploration styles, with females often taking a more secure, or cautious exploration approach. However, exploration behavior is multi-faceted, and previous studies often investigated only specific aspects of it. As a result, sex differences in exploration remain vaguely defined, and it currently remains unclear when differences develop. In the current study, females (n = 206) and males (n = 218) aged 7-77 years explored a 3D virtual environment. First, we computed a series of exploration measures that are commonly used in the animal literature (including roaming entropy, distance traveled, shape of exploration and exploratory efficiency). Taking a fine-grained approach, based on a hierarchical cluster analysis we identified three distinct measures of exploration: (1) Exploratory activity; (2) Exploratory efficiency; (3) Shape of exploration. We investigated whether these distinct aspects capture individual differences- between sexes and across the lifespan- in exploration behavior. Males were found to explore more than females, as evidenced by higher exploratory activity and a more complex shape of exploration. Interestingly, however, females explored more efficiently than males. No interaction between age and sex was observed, suggesting that the effect remains stable across the lifespan. These findings suggest that even though women show more caution when exploring an unknown environment, they are more efficient in charting it. Our novel fine-grained exploratory behavior analyses further suggested that older individuals had a simpler exploration shape- as defined by lower sinuosity/tortuosity in their path- than younger individuals, while other exploration measures were not affected by age. The current novel findings thus suggest that specific characteristics of exploration behavior depend on individual differences, including sex and age. Previous work has suggested that exploration behavior is affected in several neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., in schizophrenia), and our measures of exploration could potentially be used to characterize unique aspects of these disorders, and serve as cognitive markers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Death from Failed Protection? An Evolutionary-Developmental Theory of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.","authors":"Herbert Renz-Polster, Peter S Blair, Helen L Ball, Oskar G Jenni, Freia De Bock","doi":"10.1007/s12110-025-09491-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-025-09491-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Core Moral Concepts and the Sense of Fairness in Human Infants.","authors":"Luca Surian, Eugenio Parise, Alessandra Geraci","doi":"10.1007/s12110-025-09490-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-025-09490-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We review recent experimental studies relevant to assess the proposal that human infants possess a sense of fairness that relies on sociomoral knowledge. We propose that this knowledge may include a core concept of justice with four foundational aspects: impartiality, agency, obligatoriness and conflicting claims. Infants' and toddlers' looking times, manual preferences and spontaneous actions provide some evidence for the first three features. Very early-emerging sociomoral evaluations and expectations about resource distributions show that infants process morally relevant information about distributors and recipients, suggesting that they are sensitive to the agency and impartiality constraints. Early evaluations appear to be linked to third-party expressions of praise or admonishment and to the deliverance of rewards and punishment, providing initial support for the obligatoriness constraint. More work is needed to investigate the sensitivity to conflicting claims, to assess the universality of early emerging evaluation skills and to show how core concepts relate to the development of explicit judgments and beliefs about duties and rights.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":"121-142"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058952/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correlates of Vocal Tract Evolution in Late Pliocene and Pleistocene Hominins.","authors":"Axel G Ekström, Peter Gärdenfors, William D Snyder, Daniel Friedrichs, Robert C McCarthy, Melina Tsapos, Claudio Tennie, David S Strait, Jens Edlund, Steven Moran","doi":"10.1007/s12110-025-09487-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-025-09487-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite decades of research on the emergence of human speech capacities, an integrative account consistent with hominin evolution remains lacking. We review paleoanthropological and archaeological findings in search of a timeline for the emergence of modern human articulatory morphological features. Our synthesis shows that several behavioral innovations coincide with morphological changes to the would-be speech articulators. We find that significant reductions of the mandible and masticatory muscles and vocal tract anatomy coincide in the hominin fossil record with the incorporation of processed and (ultimately) cooked food, the appearance and development of rudimentary stone tools, increases in brain size, and likely changes to social life and organization. Many changes are likely mutually reinforcing; for example, gracilization of the hominin mandible may have been maintainable in the lineage because food processing had already been outsourced to the hands and stone tools, reducing selection pressures for robust mandibles in the process. We highlight correlates of the evolution of craniofacial and vocal tract features in the hominin lineage and outline a timeline by which our ancestors became 'pre-adapted' for the evolution of fully modern human speech.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":"36 1","pages":"22-69"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144006742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Nature, Taxonomy, and Contingencies of Intimate Relationship Problems.","authors":"Menelaos Apostolou, Loizos Katsaris, Antonios Kagialis, Loukia Constantinidou","doi":"10.1007/s12110-025-09489-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-025-09489-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intimate relationships are frequently characterized by problems, which the current research aimed to identify. We first proposed an evolutionary theoretical framework to understand the nature of intimate relationship problems. Subsequently, we employed a mixed-methods approach to identify these problems. In particular, Study 1 used a combination of qualitative research methods on a sample of 258 Greek-speaking participants and identified 153 relationship problems. Study 2 used quantitative research methods on a sample of 783 Greek-speaking participants and classified them into 14 broader categories. The most common problems were a poor sex life, followed by incompatibility and neglect. Other common problems included a partner's bad character, fear of abandonment, and lack of shared fun and recreation. Lack of loyalty and respect, disagreement over family planning, and privacy invasion were the least common problems in our sample. Both sexes reported similar problems, while the length of the relationship was not significantly associated with the presence of different relationship problems. Additionally, participants' age, children, cohabitation, and relationship status were associated with some of the identified relationship problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":"98-120"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is it a Match? Yawn Contagion and Smile Mimicry in Toddlers.","authors":"Ivan Norscia, Marta Caselli, Chiara Scianna, Sara Morone, Martina Brescini, Giada Cordoni","doi":"10.1007/s12110-025-09488-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-025-09488-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Automatic behavioral matching includes Rapid Facial Mimicry (RFM) and Yawn Contagion (YC) that occur when the facial expression of an individual acts as a 'mirror social releaser' and induces the same facial expression in the observer (within 1 s for RFM, and minutes for YC). Motor replication has been linked to coordination and emotional contagion, a basic form of empathy. We investigated the presence and modulating factors of Rapid Smile Mimicry (RSM) and YC in infants/toddlers from 10 to 36 months at the nursery 'Melis' (Turin, Italy). In February-May 2022, we gathered audio and/or video of all occurrences data on affiliative behaviors, smiling during play, and yawning during everyday activities. Both RSM and YC were present, as toddlers were most likely to smile (within 1 s) or yawn (within three-min) after perceiving a smile/yawn from another toddler. Sex, age, and parents' country of origin did not influence RSM and YC occurrence, probably because gonadal maturation was long to come, the age range was skewed towards the early developmental phase, and toddlers had been in the same social group for months. RSM and YC showed social modulation, thus possibly implying more than just motor resonance. Both phenomena were inversely related to affiliation levels (a social bond proxy). Because literature reports that in adults RSM and YC may increase with familiarity, our reversed result suggests that in certain toddler cohorts the same phenomena may help increase socio-emotional coordination and that the function of motoric resonance may be experience- and context-dependent.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":"70-97"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143626475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Iban Kinship and Cooperation : A Test of the Ancestor-Descendant Conflict Model.","authors":"Kyle J Clark, Robert S Walker","doi":"10.1007/s12110-025-09486-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-025-09486-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Humans often display extensive forms of prosocial behavior, frequently beyond what is predicted by inclusive fitness. This observation has led to various models attempting to explain the unique extent of human altruism. While many of these models have been empirically tested, one model, the ancestor-descendant conflict model, which is based on a maximum descendant-leaving strategy, has yet to be explicitly examined with observational human data. The ancestor-descendant conflict model posits that ancestors influence the behavior of their descendants, through traditions passed down from generation to generation, and predicts that humans in traditional societies will favor, both altruistically and cooperatively, their closer kin even at greater genealogical distances than predicted by inclusive fitness. In this paper, we specifically examine the strength of ancestor influence on prosociality using observational (n = 863) and interview (n = 28) data collected with the Iban of West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Borneo). We evaluate kinship cooperation norms, kinship's role in cooperative interactions, and the strength of ancestor influence on those interactions with dyadic data (unique dyads = 668). We find strong norms and behaviors for individuals cooperating more often with closer kin, while also finding limited support for the influence of ancestors on actual cooperative behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Witchcraft, Envy, and Norm Enforcement in Mauritius.","authors":"Aiyana K Willard, Nachita Rosun, Kirsten Lesage, Jan Horský, Dimitris Xygalatas","doi":"10.1007/s12110-024-09484-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-024-09484-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research has shown that an array of religious beliefs can be used to enforce socially normative behaviour, but the application of these theories to other supernatural beliefs, including witchcraft, is still nascent. Across two pre-registered studies in Mauritius, we examine how witchcraft is believed to be caused by envy and how this belief can create and enforce social norms around not causing envy. Data was collected in-person in Mauritius. In study 1 (N = 445), we found that both practicing witchcraft and being motivated by envy or self-interest increase perceptions of harm. These motivations also increase the rate with which people suggest a person was doing witchcraft, with envy having the stronger effect. Belief that someone was doing witchcraft increases the negativity with which one views that person and damages their reputation. In study 2 (N = 292), we found that when a person breaks a norm around causing envy, participants believe that a subsequent misfortune is cause by witchcraft, but not by God. When someone acts selfishly towards others a subsequent misfortune is believed to be caused by God but not witchcraft. This suggests that witchcraft beliefs, but not religious ones, are enforcing norms around preventing envy. Together, these studies suggest that witchcraft beliefs can support locally specific social norms, and that these norms might be different than those supported by religion.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":"347-381"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11836218/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143013902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Collector Hypothesis : Who Benefits More from Art, the Artist or the Collector?","authors":"Piotr Sorokowski, Jerzy Luty, Wojciech Małecki, Craig S Roberts, Marta Kowal, Stephen Davies","doi":"10.1007/s12110-024-09481-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-024-09481-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human fascination with art has deep evolutionary roots, yet its role remains a puzzle for evolutionary theory. Although its widespread presence across cultures suggests a potential adaptive function, determining its evolutionary origins requires more comprehensive evidence beyond mere universality or assumed survival benefits. This paper introduces and tests the Collector Hypothesis, which suggests that artworks serve as indicators of collectors' surplus wealth and social status, offering greater benefits to collectors than to artists in mating and reproductive contexts. Our study among Indigenous Papuan communities provides preliminary support for the Collector Hypothesis, indicating that, compared to artists, collectors are perceived as having higher social status and greater attractiveness to women. These findings provide unique insights into Papuan communities and contribute to the ongoing discussion about art's adaptive significance of art by suggesting that artistic capacities may benefit not only creators but also those who accumulate and display art. Further research in diverse cultural contexts is needed for a comprehensive understanding of this interplay.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":"397-410"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11836231/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Nature and Motivation of Human Cooperation from Variant Public Goods Games.","authors":"Yigui Zhang, Qin Zhu, Zhongqiu Li","doi":"10.1007/s12110-024-09483-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12110-024-09483-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to reveal the nature and motivation of human cooperation. By adopting the public goods game paradigm of competition and repetition, and introducing factors such as punishment and heterogeneous contributions, an experiment was conducted at Nanjing University in China, where 224 undergraduate students participated in seven games, including intragroup and intergroup competition. Meanwhile, participants' social value orientation (SVO) was measured. The results indicated that cooperation (non-zero contribution) was the common choice for participants, but their contributions varied across rounds and games. Individuals generally act as conditional free-riders in intragroup competition games, i.e., they use the \"small for big\" strategy. In contrast, individuals generally act as conditional cooperators in intergroup competitive games, i.e., they use the \"tit for tat\" strategy. Although SVO should theoretically be related to contribution, analysis revealed that participants' contributions were not significantly dominated by SVO, but were primarily driven by self-interest. Specifically, individuals switch back and forth between conditional cooperators and conditional free-riders to seek maximum self-interest. Our results not only reveal the complexity and strategic nature of human behavior in competitive contexts but also highlight the central role of self-interest in driving individual decision-making, reflecting the balance between individuals' pursuit of self-interest and adaptation to the environment in social interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47797,"journal":{"name":"Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective","volume":" ","pages":"411-429"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142710683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}