IACESR 2026 – 10th Biennial Meeting
We’re excited to announce our keynote speakers:
Will Gervais • Rebekah Richert • Quentin Atkinson • Larisa Heiphetz Solomon
📍 Brno, Czech Republic
📅 1–3 July 2026 | Masaryk University
Registration open soon. Stay tuned.
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This paper is part of a broader project on signaler psychology — exploring the cognitive computations behind human cooperative communication.
🔗 Project page: www.levyna.cz/en/research/...
We expand costly signalling theory (of religion) from the participants’ perspective, showing that what drives ritual commitment isn’t just how people judge the costs, but how they perceive the benefits—including supernatural ones.
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Person with metal skewers in their back during Thaipusam Kavadi, between emojis symbolizing perceived health benefits and physical pain.
Our (with Pushkar Puryag, Radek Kundt & @martinlangcz.bsky.social ) study on the perceived costs & benefits of the Kavadi ritual in Mauritius was recently published in EHS.
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Oh, we've been there (9 years ago)! It's so beautiful!
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Interested in social cognition and decision-making? Background in experimental psych/neuro or computational modelling? Come work with us!
🚨Hiring 2 postdocs for 5-year interdisciplinary project!🚨
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Postdoc w/ experimental background in soc cognition
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Postdoc w/ computational modelling background in decision-making
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Deadline 13.12.!
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