What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Social science
Robert Kurzban mainly investigates Social psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Cognitive psychology, Morality and Function.
His Social psychology study frequently involves adjacent topics like Punishment.
His Evolutionary psychology research includes themes of Ego depletion, Cognitive science and Opportunity cost.
His Cognitive psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Unobtrusive research and Construct.
His Morality research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Moral development, Altruism, Disgust and Information processing.
The Social relation study combines topics in areas such as Identity, Social exchange theory, Sociality and Social exclusion.
His most cited work include:
- Evolutionary origins of stigmatization: the functions of social exclusion. (905 citations)
- An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance. (597 citations)
- Can race be erased? Coalitional computation and social categorization (559 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Robert Kurzban spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Morality, Epistemology and Punishment.
His studies in Social psychology integrate themes in fields like Perception and Public good.
The various areas that Robert Kurzban examines in his Evolutionary psychology study include Cognitive science and Social cognition.
He has researched Morality in several fields, including Moral psychology and Moral development.
His Epistemology research incorporates elements of Economic Justice and Criminal law.
His study in Punishment is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Altruism and Conscience.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (59.85%)
- Evolutionary psychology (16.79%)
- Morality (17.52%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2018)?
- Social psychology (59.85%)
- Evolutionary psychology (16.79%)
- Morality (17.52%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Morality, Politics and Social science.
He performs multidisciplinary study in the fields of Social psychology and Adaptationism via his papers.
Robert Kurzban has included themes like Ethnocentrism and Cognitive psychology in his Evolutionary psychology study.
His work deals with themes such as Human mate selection and Information processing, which intersect with Morality.
His research integrates issues of Self-interest and Political economy in his study of Politics.
His Social science research integrates issues from Environmental ethics and Gender studies.
Between 2012 and 2018, his most popular works were:
- An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance. (597 citations)
- Disgust: Evolved Function and Structure (374 citations)
- Cognitive systems for revenge and forgiveness. (237 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Social science
His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Morality, Cognitive psychology and Reciprocity.
His work in the fields of Altruism overlaps with other areas such as Adaptationism.
Robert Kurzban interconnects Punishment, Forgiveness, Aggression and Harm in the investigation of issues within Evolutionary psychology.
His Morality research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Religiosity, Multinational corporation and World Values Survey.
The concepts of his Cognitive psychology study are interwoven with issues in Sense of effort and Disgust.
His research in Reciprocity intersects with topics in Punishment, Third-party punishment, Anger, Affective forecasting and Empirical research.
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