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Dr Michael Price
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Summary

I conduct research in evolutonary psychology, a synthesis of cogntive psychology and evolutionary biology. Evolutionary psychology approaches the mind/brain as a bundle of information-processing mechanisms, functionally specialised to solve adaptive problems encountered by our evolutionary ancestors. My main topic of interest is currently the biological and biocultural evolution of religio-spirituality.

Qualifications:

  • PhD (Center for Evolutionary Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • BA (Psychology, Duke University)

Newest selected publications

Price, ME. and Johnson, DDP. (2024) 'Science and religion around the world: Compatibility between belief systems predicts increased wellbeing'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 0 (accepted, in press). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 2153-599X Open Access Link

Journal article

Price, ME. (2023) 'Teilhard’s teleology: his greatest spiritual strength, and greatest scientific weakness'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 13 (4). pp. 472 - 474. ISSN: 2153-599X

Journal article

Price, ME. (2021) 'A moral obligation to promote future human evolution?'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 11 (1). pp. 87 - 90. ISSN: 2153-599X

Journal article

Georgiev, G., Smart, J., Martinez, CLF. and Price, M. (2019) 'Evolution, Development and Complexity Multiscale Evolutionary Models of Complex Adaptive Systems'. Springer. ISSN 10: 3030000745 ISSN 13: 9783030000745

Book

Price, M. (2019) 'Cosmological Natural Selection and the Function of Life', in Georgiev, G., Martinez, C., Price, M. and Smart, J. (eds.) Evolution, Development and Complexity: Multiscale Evolutionary Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. Springer. pp. 3 - 22. ISBN 13: 9783030000745.

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