Clark Barrett
Associate Professor
UCLA Department of Anthropology
376 Haines Hall,
310-267-4260
barrett [at] anthro.ucla.edu
My research takes an evolutionary
psychological approach to understanding cognitive development by using parallel
cross-cultural studies, primarily in the
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Links FPR-UCLA
Center for Culture, Brain, and Development AHRC Culture
and the Mind Project |
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Selected papers |
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Wilke, A., and Barrett, H. C. (2009). The hot hand phenomenon as
a cognitive adaptation to clumped resources. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30, 161-169. |
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Barrett, H. C., Frankenhuis,
W., & Wilke, A. (2008). Adaptation to moving targets: Culture / gene
coevolution, not either / or. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 31, 511-512. |
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Flamson, T., and Barrett, H. C.
(2008). The encryption theory of humor: a knowledge-based mechanism of honest
signaling. Journal of Evolutionary
Psychology, 6, 261-281. |
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Snyder, J., Kirkpatrick, L., and Barrett, H.C. (2008). The dominance
dilemma: do women really prefer dominant mates? Personal Relationships, 15, 425-444. |
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Barrett, H. C. (2008). Evolved cognitive mechanisms and human
behavior. In Crawford, C. & Krebs, D. (eds.) Foundations of
evolutionary psychology: Ideas, issues, applications and findings.
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Bryant, G. A., & Barrett, H. C.
(2007). Recognizing intentions in infant-directed speech: Evidence for
universals. Psychological Science, 18, 746-751. |
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Machery, E., and Barrett, H. C.
(2006). Debunking Adapting Minds. Philosophy of Science, 73, 232-246. |
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Hagen, E., and Barrett, H. C. (2007). Perinatal sadness among
Shuar women: Support for an evolutionary theory of psychic pain. Medical
Anthropology Quarterly, 21, 22-40. |
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Barrett, H. C., and Kurzban, R. (2006). Modularity in cognition:
Framing the debate. Psychological Review, 113, 628-647. |
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Henrich, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., Barrett,
C., Bolyanatz, A., |
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Barrett, H. C. (2005). Enzymatic computation and cognitive
modularity. Mind and Language, 20, 259-287. |
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Barrett, H. C. & Behne, T. (2005). Children’s understanding
of death as the cessation of agency: A test using sleep versus death. Cognition,
96, 93-108. |
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Barrett, H.C., Todd, P.M., Miller, G.F., and Blythe, P. (2005).
Accurate judgments of intention from motion alone: A cross-cultural study. Evolution
and Human Behavior, 26, 313-331. |
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German, T., & Barrett, H.C. (2005). Functional fixedness in
a technologically sparse culture. Psychological Science, 16, 1-5. |
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Barrett, H. C. (2006). Modularity and design reincarnation. In
Carruthers, P., Laurence, S., & Stich, S. (Eds.), The innate mind:
Culture and cognition. (pp. 199-217). |