Joe Henrich

@JoHenrich

Harvard Professor and chair of The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. Author of The Secret of Our Success

Cambridge, MA
henrich.fas.harvard.edu
Joined June 2015
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    May 24

    Here's the background reading: The Origins of WEIRD Psychology

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    16 hours ago

    Without a plan to unleash innovation in carbon capture and storage, so we can continue to use fossil fuels, a net-zero target is about as realistic and sensible as a pledge to abolish sin by 2050. Renewables and austerity cannot get us there. My article:

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    Jun 21

    Should governments invest in basic research? Out today in : we report that nearly one-third of patented U.S. inventions rely on federally-funded science, a rate which has grown substantially over the past 90 years:

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    15 hours ago

    Starting it this year! Surveys, experimental design, admin data, etc. A course in how to *produce* data

    I'm convinced Economics departments should add a survey design & methodology course to their graduate programs. Add it as part of the toolbox, on top of Econometrics & program evaluation courses.
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    Jun 21

    Minimal coherence among varied theory of mind measures in childhood an...

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    16 hours ago

    Welcome to the department, Erin!

    Very pleased to announce I've started a new position in the new Surbeck Lab at . Keep an eye on this page for future work on ecology and evolution... stemming from Kokolopori and beyond!
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    Jun 21

    The Social and Behavioral Science Initiative is thrilled to welcome Kristopher Smith () and Daniel Yudkin () as our 2019-2020 Postdoctoral Fellows!

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    Jun 20

    More than 70,000 Americans died from drugs in 2017. That is more than all the American soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam war

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    Jun 20

    For many, the bottom of this graph is direct proof of sexism and a problem to be tackled at all costs; never mind the top... HT

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    Jun 20

    Huh, I guess sample sources can bias conclusions. Someone should look into that 🤔🤔🤔

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    Jun 20

    I’ll offer some of my own thoughts in a bit, but for a cool perspective on this work, check out

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  13. Jun 20

    Interesting, especially given the links between ritual, self-control, and support for out-group violence.

    My new paper out in Personality and Individual Differences- Higher self-control predicts engagement in undesirable moralistic aggression.
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  14. Jun 20

    It's as if people care about anonymous strangers, or have principles (or something). But, this varies dramatically across societies.

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  15. Jun 20

    A great study of impersonal honesty using the lost wallet paradigm in 355 cities spanning 40 countries (17,000 lost wallets). Big variation across cities, but (almost) everywhere people were MORE likely to return the wallet when it had MORE money in it.

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    Jun 19

    Grandmothers’ mental health is associated with grandchildren’s emotional & behavioral development: a 3-generation prospective study in Brazil -"effects were substantially stronger for maternal than paternal grandmothers"

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    Jun 16

    Thanks to a recent grant, I now have funding for 2-3 years for a student!

    Anyway! I am recruiting grad students to apply in 2019-2020. Interested in folks who want to do fieldwork either in Fiji or right here in Vancouver. I have seed funding to start that project in Fall 2019, and scrounging for more $$$ so that I can offer a fellowship. Stay tuned!
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    Jun 16

    Kin biases without familiarity based learning cues in water dragons:

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    Jun 16

    We usually think that parents name their children, but it’s also the other way around. Where do words ‘Dad,’ ‘Papa’ ‘Tata’ & ‘Abba’ come from? Probably babies.

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    Jun 12
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    We agree! That's why we work with teachers to connect concepts from cultural psychology into learning opportunities in ! Talk to us about teaching examples from Secret of our Success for high school classrooms!

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    Mar 5

    10 days left to apply for workshop 2019! In the meantime, check out 's ideas on "Making Quantitative Anthropology More Reliable, Responsible & Rewarding"

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