Thomas G Fikes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5860762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas G Fikes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas G |
| FAMILY NAME | Fikes |
| SIGNATURE | FIKES T G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
IPDToolkit
Recently, researchers have begun studying the role that third-party arbitration may play in the evolution of cooperation. Using the iterated prisoner’s dilemma (IPD), they show that arbitration can mitigate the negative effects of perception errors on the stability of cooperative strategies. Open questions, both theoretical and empirical, however, remain. To promote research on the role of third-party arbitration, we introduce an R package, IPDTo…
From anxiety to neighborliness
How does the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system help to explain religious prosociality
Human cooperation relies extensively on evolved neurobiological mechanisms of positive affect and social engagement. Nevertheless, current models of religious prosociality – aimed at explaining the role of religion in the evolution of cooperation – are grounded in the fear of supernatural punishment. We propose an expansion of research on religious prosociality to encompass the breadth of physiological adaptations supporting social engagement, an…
Evolutionary Psychology as Computational Theory in the Cognitive Sciences
Scarcely a decade old, evolutionary psychology (EP) has developed a high profile within the cognitive sciences. EP's niche involves what David Marr (1982) called “computational theories:” functional descriptions of what information processing devices, including brains, are designed to do. Such theories constrain and inform the search for cognitive and neural descriptions of the device. EP is characterized by primary commitments to modularity of m…
Directed forgetting and posthypnotic amnesia
In three experiments we compared posthypnotic amnesia (PHA) with directed forgetting (DF), evaluating subjects' hypnotic susceptibility, hypnotized or not. Experiment 1 suggested that the memory processes in PHA and DF were not the same. Low and high susceptibility subjects responded differently in the two contexts. Experiment 2 demonstrated a context effect for highly susceptible subjects: They showed the usual DF response outside hypnosis but n…
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Directed forgetting and posthypnotic amnesia
In three experiments we compared posthypnotic amnesia (PHA) with directed forgetting (DF), evaluating subjects' hypnotic susceptibility, hypnotized or not. Experiment 1 suggested that the memory processes in PHA and DF were not the same. Low and high susceptibility subjects responded differently in the two contexts. Experiment 2 demonstrated a context effect for highly susceptible subjects: They showed the usual DF response outside hypnosis but n…
Evolutionary Psychology as Computational Theory in the Cognitive Sciences
Scarcely a decade old, evolutionary psychology (EP) has developed a high profile within the cognitive sciences. EP's niche involves what David Marr (1982) called “computational theories:” functional descriptions of what information processing devices, including brains, are designed to do. Such theories constrain and inform the search for cognitive and neural descriptions of the device. EP is characterized by primary commitments to modularity of m…
How does the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system help to explain religious prosociality
Human cooperation relies extensively on evolved neurobiological mechanisms of positive affect and social engagement. Nevertheless, current models of religious prosociality – aimed at explaining the role of religion in the evolution of cooperation – are grounded in the fear of supernatural punishment. We propose an expansion of research on religious prosociality to encompass the breadth of physiological adaptations supporting social engagement, an…
From anxiety to neighborliness
IPDToolkit
Recently, researchers have begun studying the role that third-party arbitration may play in the evolution of cooperation. Using the iterated prisoner’s dilemma (IPD), they show that arbitration can mitigate the negative effects of perception errors on the stability of cooperative strategies. Open questions, both theoretical and empirical, however, remain. To promote research on the role of third-party arbitration, we introduce an R package, IPDTo…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 works) · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Amnesia (1 work)