Contents
Parasites, minds and cultures Could the most human of qualities owe their existence to tiny, mindless organisms?
Justin Park and Mark Schaller investigate
One nagging thing... Top psychologists help us to celebrate the 150th Research Digest e-mail
Developing human brain functions
Mark Johnson describes the emerging field of developmental cognitive neuroscience
Beyond 'just-so stories'
Lisa DeBruine on how evolutionary theory leads to novel predictions
Social class through the evolutionary lens
Daniel Nettle takes a look
The peacock's tail of altruism
Wendy Iredale and Mark Van Vugt on the Darwinian psychology of helping
Methods: evaluating explanatory theories
Brian Haig advocates 'inference to the best explanation', a method used by Darwin
Book reviews
Mental toughness; consciousness; the compassionate mind; and more
Society
President's column; Presidents' Award; accreditation; journals; and more
Careers
Darwin in the workplace; the Society's Undergraduate Research Assistantship scheme; the latest jobs, and how to advertise
Looking back: on the origins of human nature
Chris Lerwill digs into Darwin's archives
One on one
...with David Buss
Forum
Tking A-level psychology seriously; in defence of empiricism; and much more
News, conference and media
Post-antibiotic apocalypse; walking in circles; reports from the British Science Festival and a Martin Seligman lecture; and Kisane Prutton on the benefits of engaging with a changing media