Title

Lecturer in Psychology

Degree

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Contact Information

Brown Social Science Center 105
781-736-3269
descioli@brandeis.edu

Peter J. DeScioli

Publications

DeScioli, P., Gilbert, S., & Kurzban, R.. "Indelible victims and persistent punishers in moral cognition.." Psychological Inquiry (2012). (forthcoming)

DeScioli, P.. "Does market competition explain fairness? Comment on “A mutualistic approach to morality.”." Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2012). (forthcoming)

Kurzban, R., DeScioli, P., & Fein, D.. "Hamilton vs. Kant: Pitting adaptations for altruism against adaptations for moral judgment.." Evolution and Human Behavior (2012). (forthcoming)

DeScioli, P., Kurzban, R. "The company you keep: Friendship decisions from a functional perspective." Social Judgment and Decision Making. Ed. Krueger, J. I.. New York: Psychology Press, 2011 (forthcoming)

DeScioli, P., & Wilson, B. "The territorial foundations of human property." Evolution and Human Behavior 32. (2011): 442-446.

DeScioli, P., Bruening, R., & Kurzban. R. "The omission effect in moral cognition: Toward a functional explanation.." Evolution and Human Behavior 32. (2011): 204-215.

DeScioli, P., Christner, J., & Kurzban, R. "The omission strategy." Psychological Science 22. (2011): 442-446.

DeScioli, P., Kurzban, R., Koch, E. N., & Liben-Nowell, D. "Best friends: Alliances, friend ranking, and the MySpace social network.." Perspectives on Psychological Science 6. 1 (2011): 6-8.

DeScioli, P. "Heavy hearts and heads held high - A review of Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds." Evolution and Human Behavior 31. 4 (2010): 304-306.

Courses Taught

ECON 155a Experimental Economics
PSYC 34b Social Psychology
PSYC 146a Evolutionary Psychology