One recurrent feature of social species is the differential degree of deference and advantage conferred on some individuals and denied to others. In recent decades, scholars have made substantial inroads into understanding the psychological foundations of these social asymmetries. Much of this work converges on the notion that social stratification in humans is the result […]

Abstract The modifier effect refers to the fact that the perceived likelihood of a property in a noun category is diminished if the noun is modified. For example, “Pigs live on farms” is rated as more likely than “Dirty pigs live on farms.” The modifier effect has been demonstrated in many studies, but the underlying […]

The main hypothesis of this work is that the time of delay in reaction to an unexpected event can be predicted on the basis of the brain activity recorded prior to that event. Such mental activity can be represented by electroencephalographic data. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a novel experiment involving 19 participants that […]