Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

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High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who...

I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who...

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery...

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery...

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward...

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward...

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military...

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military...

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has...

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has...

Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families,...

Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families,...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding...

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding...

I much prefer the modern world.

I much prefer the modern world.

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just...

$I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just...$

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children...

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children...

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the...

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the...