Event type:

In person

Date & time:

06 Mar 2024, 16:00 – 18:00

Experimental Psychology Seminar - Brian Hare, Duke University

Professor Brian Hare, Duke University, joins us to discuss the self-domestication hypothesis, exploring how dogs, bonobos, and humans share evolutionary paths through social problem-solving and reduced aggression. Discover how our 'inner dog' may explain human social and cognitive development.

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Experimental Psychology Seminar - Brian Hare, Duke University

Brian Hare

Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology, Psychology and Neuroscience

Duke University

Dr. Brian Hare is a core member of the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience, a Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology, and Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, founded the Hominoid Psychology Research Group while at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, and subsequently created the Duke Canine Cognition Center when arriving at Duke. He has co-authored three books and published over 100 scientific papers including in Science, Nature and PNAS.  His research on dozens of different animal species, including dogs, wolves, bonobos, chimpanzees and humans, has taken him everywhere from Siberia to the Congo Basin. Together with his wife Vanessa Woods he wrote the New York Times Bestselling book The Genius of Dogs, the international bestselling book Survival of the Friendliest and their newest book The Puppy Kindergarten that will be published summer 2024 by Random House. 

Further information

Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Organiser

Antonietta Esposito

a.esposito@ucl.ac.uk

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