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- October 21, 2011
- 05:33 AM
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Book Review: Where is the Exact Place of God(s)?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Todd Tremlin, Minds and Gods: the cognitive foundations of religion. (Oxford University Press, Inc. USA, 2010), 256 pp., $27.12, ISBN: 978-0199739011
In human history, religions and their related issues have always been taken for granted and people have treated them as something sacred. Questioning of almost all religious beliefs hadn’t been allowed. Philosophical point of view seems not to be too much successful in identifying the main roots and origins of the religious thought and its related concepts like God.
Before new scientific progresses for explaining nature of religion, we always have had two main approaches to confront the phenomenon considered as holy creator, God. Some had assumed god as an omnipotent supernatural being, the creator that its existence is beyond and independent of human existence or behaving god and religious beliefs as man-made tools to exploit and abuse people, emotionally, politically and economically (p. 198).
Todd Tremlin, assistant professor of religion at ...... Read more »
Todd Tremlin. (2006) Minds and Gods: The Cognitive Foundations of Religion. Oxford University Press. info:/
- October 15, 2011
- 09:52 AM
- 757 views
Diets of our Ancestors!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Like all species, we humans also have evolved and armed with proper evolutionary tools - teeth for eating. There has been a consensus about evolution of our craniodental morphology and our preferred diets. But yesterday, a review article was published in Science investigating recent studies of early hominis diets. As review shows, using archeological and morphological methods, it was supposed that “hominin craniodental functional morphology evolved for increasing consumption of hard, brittle foods as savannas spread”. But using new techniques of Microwear and stable carbon isotope, now this assumption is incorrect, or at least too simplistic. Dental Microwear is the association between parallel striations and pits on teeth with pattern and food fracture properties. The review concludes that consumption of tropical grasses and sedges and hard-objects like seeds and nuts date to “millions of years after the appearance of the earliest probable hominins, and there are no consistent trends in diet ...... Read more »
Ungar PS, & Sponheimer M. (2011) The diets of early hominins. Science (New York, N.Y.), 334(6053), 190-3. PMID: 21998380
- October 4, 2011
- 10:59 AM
- 754 views
Do you feel better in Nature?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Where do you go when you’re tired of modern society? Do you like to go on picnic and spend your time in nature? It seems natural environment has fundamental effects on our feelings. This paper showed that different environments elicit different affective responses and one might feel happier when is in direct contact with natural environment. This study suggests that this feeling might be due to our evolutionary past in Savannahs. Study presents that “some environments (e.g., mountains) may be associated with particular experiential states (e.g., indicating Eudemonia), and others (e.g., parks) seem to elicit other positive experiential states (e.g., fun and relaxation)”.
So it seems that spending time in nature might be vital for our psychological well-being. Let’s enjoy our animal inside in contact with natural environments!
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Hinds, J., and Sparks, P. (2011). The affective quality of human-natural environment relationships Evolutionary Psychology, 9 (3), 451-469
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Hinds, J., and Sparks, P. (2011) The affective quality of human-natural environment relationships. Evolutionary Psychology, 9(3), 451-469. info:/
- February 5, 2012
- 03:13 PM
- 736 views
I thought she was more attractive!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Walking down the street, while I was thinking, suddenly for a moment a beautiful face passed my sight. I turned my head to see that attractive face once again. But now I see that face was not as much attractive as I thought. I thought she was more beautiful!!!
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Rashidi, M., Pazhoohi, F., & Hosseinchari, M. (2012) Effect of facial stimuli exposure time on evaluation of facial attractiveness. Australian Journal of Psychology. DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-9530.2011.00050.x
- September 17, 2011
- 08:33 AM
- 735 views
How does spatial distance between partners affect their feeling of jealousy?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
A new study that is appeared in journal of Evolutionary Psychology, investigated effect of distance of partner and closeness of the rival person on jealousy. Study showed that spatial distance affects the intensity of jealousy. An amazing finding is that although men felt comfortable near their partner and far from the rival person, women still felt a bit jealous while they were with their men and far from the rival women.
In short, this study showed that “the jealousy mechanism responds with mild negative feelings at most as long as the partner is close to the jealous person” and also showed that men report stronger negative feelings than women when suspecting sexual infidelity, while women report stronger negative feelings than men when suspecting emotional infidelity.
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Schützwohl, A., Morjaria, S., and Alvis, S. (2011). Spatial Distance Regulates Sex-Specific Feelings to Suspected Sexual and Emotional Infidelity Evolutionary Psychology
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Schützwohl, A., Morjaria, S., and Alvis, S. (2011) Spatial Distance Regulates Sex-Specific Feelings to Suspected Sexual and Emotional Infidelity. Evolutionary Psychology. info:/
- October 3, 2012
- 05:43 AM
- 686 views
Does attractiveness predict reproductive success?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Thanks to the scientific investigations, now we know physical attractiveness would boost one’s social and sexual success. Attractive females would have more chances of being hired, and having attract/sustain men with more resources. It is hypothesized that female physical attractiveness is the signal for her fertility; i.e. men prefer attractive women because they are more [...]... Read more »
Lena S. Pflüger, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Stanislav Katina, Iris J. Holzleitner,, & Karl Grammer. (2012) Cues to fertility: perceived attractiveness and facial shape predict reproductive success. Evolution . DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.05.005
- October 5, 2012
- 04:58 AM
- 668 views
Why do we play? And why it is sexy?!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Question of the origin of play and playfulness has been one of concerns of Garry Chick, Professor at the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State University. From an evolutionary perspective, Professor Chick has developed a theory in which he explains adult play and playfulness. It is now known why children and offspring [...]... Read more »
Garry Chick, Careen Yarnal, and Andrew Purrington. (2012) Play and Mate Preference Testing the Signal Theory of Adult Playfulness. American Journal of Play, 4(4). info:/
- October 7, 2011
- 01:31 PM
- 654 views
Primates Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Probably many people are not more familiar with the Amazon than just knowing its name. How much do you know about the primates of these forests? Do you want to take a tour of the region? Are you interested in learning more about new world monkeys? If so, this book is for you.
Read the rest of my review on “Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 1: Primates” book by Robert S. Voss and David W. Fleck at Ethnobiology Letters website.
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Farid Pazhoohi (2011). Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 1: Primates Ethnobiology Letters, 2, 63-64
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Farid Pazhoohi. (2011) Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 1: Primates. Ethnobiology Letters, 63-64. info:/
- October 3, 2012
- 10:02 AM
- 650 views
Prestigious clothing increases your height!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Do you want to seem taller? Our study shows that your prestigious clothing affects perception of height, at least for the children. Height is a biological factor that can affect how others perceive and behave toward an individual. Clothing, as a non-biological factor, can affect these perceptions of height. In this study we investigated the [...]... Read more »
Mahmoud Rashidi, Katayoun Keshtkaran, Sahar Zabihidan, Masoud Hosseinchari, and Farid Pazhoohi. (2012) Effect of Different Professions’ Clothing on Children’s Height Perception. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 15(3). info:/http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rev_SJOP.2012.v15.n3.39394
- July 18, 2014
- 02:51 AM
- 645 views
Cross-cultural variation in men’s preference for sexual dimorphism in women’s faces
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Both attractiveness judgements and mate preferences vary considerably cross-culturally. We investigated whether men’s preference for femininity in women’s faces varies between 28 countries with diverse health conditions by analysing responses of 1972 heterosexual participants. Although men in all countries preferred feminized over masculinized female faces, we found substantial differences between countries in the magnitude of […]... Read more »
Marcinkowska UM, Kozlov MV, Cai H, Contreras-Garduño J, Dixson BJ, Oana GA, Kaminski G, Li NP, Lyons MT, Onyishi IE.... (2014) Cross-cultural variation in men's preference for sexual dimorphism in women's faces. Biology letters, 10(4), 20130850. PMID: 24789138
- June 2, 2012
- 01:23 AM
- 606 views
Is that a male or a female?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
How accurate is our perception of body forms? How do we identify the gender of a body? Do we have any cue?
In our recent paper, we showed that men and women accurately identify the genders on the basis of the waist to hip ratio. It is shown that as the waist to hip ratio increased, the frequency of “male” identifications increased and as this ratio decreased, the frequency of “female” identifications increased.
For more discussion, check the paper out.
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Pazhoohi, F., & Liddle, J. R. (2012). Identifying feminine and masculine ranges for Waist-to-Hip ratio. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 6 (2), 227-232
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Pazhoohi, F., . (2012) Identifying feminine and masculine ranges for Waist-to-Hip ratio. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 6(2), 227-232. info:/
- June 5, 2012
- 01:58 AM
- 580 views
How does your body affect your feelings of efficacy and esteem?
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Waist-to-chest (WCR) and waist-to-shoulder (WSR) ratios are good predictors of male physical attractiveness and women have been shown to prefer higher waist-to-hip ratios (WHR) in men. This study addresses relationships between men’s body shapes and their feelings about appearance, weight and how others perceive them. The experimental results reported here demonstrate relationships between Iranian men’s shoulder-to-hip ratio (SHR) and WHR on self-reported body esteem and self-efficacy. Increases of SHR and WHR in these men were positively correlated with body esteem and increases of SHR with general self-efficacy. BMI was not correlated with either. These findings are interpreted in reference to men’s preferences for feminine ranges of WHR regardless of actual biological sex in relation to varying preferences that have been found cross-culturally and to self-perceived masculinity in relation to their mate and coalitional membership value.
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Pazhoohi, F., Hosseinchari, M., and Doyle J. F. (2012). Iranian men’s waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, body ...... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F., Hosseinchari, M., and Doyle J. F. (2012) Iranian men’s waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, body esteem and self-efficacy. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 10(2), 61-67. info:/10.1556/JEP.10.2012.2.2
- July 18, 2013
- 03:40 AM
- 570 views
Proximate mechanism of post ejaculatory refractory period after orgasm
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Proximate mechanism of post-ejaculatory refractory period after orgasm and male’s need for separation from post-coital connection The exact underlying mechanism regulating the human post-ejaculatory refractory period is not yet known. The main finding of previous research has been an occurrence of surge-like increases in plasma prolactin and oxytocin levels immediately after orgasm. However, recent advances […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi, & Mohammad Saied Salehi. (2013) Effect of gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) secretion on post-ejaculatory refractory period: A hypothesis. Hypothesis. DOI: 10.5779/hypothesis.v11i1.286
- July 22, 2013
- 04:21 AM
- 453 views
Book Review: Language and Sexism
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
“Another book written by a woman!” What does this sentence convey to you? What is the first thought that flashes into your mind? My intention is to present a brilliant book written by an expert in her field. Did you have the same feeling or did you get the opposite impression? If you found some […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, Farid. (2013) Book Review: Language and Sexism. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/0261927X13481344
- February 12, 2015
- 04:16 AM
- 453 views
How the brain got language: The mirror system hypothesis
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Language is a unique feature of human beings. In addition to having the ability to use language, humans can conjecture about language consciously and even create realistic constructed languages from scratch. In How the brain got language, Michael A. Arbib, whose work has been influential in shaping the field of computational neuroscience, addresses the title […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi. (2014) How the brain got language: The mirror system hypothesis (review). The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique , 59(3). info:/
- October 5, 2014
- 01:18 AM
- 181 views
Book Review: Listen, Here is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
When you look in the news for the Central African Republic you encounter stories about rebels, terror, civil war, murder, and bloodshed. But what are the other aspects of life in the region that no news agency covers? A journey to the center of the African rainforest reveals what happens and has been happening for […]... Read more »
Farid Pazhoohi. (2014) Book Review: Listen, Here is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin. African Studies Quarterly, 14(4), 97-98. info:/
- October 5, 2014
- 12:50 AM
- 162 views
Book Review: Secret Chambers: The Insider Story of Cells and Complex Life
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
If Martin Brasier didn’t want to pick science as his occupation, certainly he should have chosen to be a novelist, instead! Professor Martin Brasier who is a palaeobiologist at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, in his book Secret Chambers: The Inside Story of Cells and Complex Life, takes us on a journey […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F. (2014) Secret Chambers: The Insider Story of Cells and Complex Life. Ethnobiology Letters, 91. DOI: 10.14237/ebl.5.2014.237
- July 18, 2014
- 03:06 AM
- 161 views
Book Review: Visual Experience: Sensation, Cognition and Constancy
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Mankind has always been interested in the way people perceive the world and this has become one of its main concerns reflected in the fact that early explanations for visual perception date back to ancient Greece. Studies of visual perception were pursued merely in the field of philosophy until the 20th century, when psychologists, and […]... Read more »
Pazhoohi, F. (2014) Visual Experience: Sensation, Cognition and Constancy. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 10(1), 204-207. DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v10i1.731
- October 5, 2012
- 04:58 AM
- 150 views
Why do we play? And why it is attractive?!
by Farid Pazhoohi in Epistemophil
Question of the origin of play and playfulness has been one concern of Garry Chick, Professor at the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State University. From an evolutionary perspective, Professor Chick has developed a theory in which he explains adult play and playfulness. It is now known why children and offspring play […]... Read more »
Garry Chick, Careen Yarnal, and Andrew Purrington. (2012) Play and Mate Preference Testing the Signal Theory of Adult Playfulness. American Journal of Play, 4(4). info:/
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