Carlos Sosa Colindres
@carlossosacdres.bsky.social
phd candidate @ucsantabarbara |> psychological and brain sciences |> evolutionary and computational perspective |> computational mate choice lab |> mate choice psychology
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I had a great time at HBES 2025 @humbehevosoc.bsky.social! I presented my work on a method we developed that allows us to predict who people will choose as partners 3 months into the future—participants chose romantic partners on their own, in their own mating markets—with zero intervention from us!
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I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
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October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
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Happy Monday!
This week, we’re excited to kick off our new series: W+EBS Wednesdays!
Every Wednesday, we’ll share helpful resources, recent job postings, and recommendations (podcasts, research papers, books, and more).
Be on the lookout for a new post this Wednesday!(1/2)
#WplusEBSWednesdays
This week, we’re excited to kick off our new series: W+EBS Wednesdays!
Every Wednesday, we’ll share helpful resources, recent job postings, and recommendations (podcasts, research papers, books, and more).
Be on the lookout for a new post this Wednesday!(1/2)
#WplusEBSWednesdays
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy Monday!
This week, we’re excited to kick off our new series: W+EBS Wednesdays!
Every Wednesday, we’ll share helpful resources, recent job postings, and recommendations (podcasts, research papers, books, and more).
Be on the lookout for a new post this Wednesday!(1/2)
#WplusEBSWednesdays
This week, we’re excited to kick off our new series: W+EBS Wednesdays!
Every Wednesday, we’ll share helpful resources, recent job postings, and recommendations (podcasts, research papers, books, and more).
Be on the lookout for a new post this Wednesday!(1/2)
#WplusEBSWednesdays
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👋 And finishing our intros, I'm @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social, the Student Social Media Officer (& a PhD Candidate at UC Santa Barbara)!
At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
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At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
👋 And finishing our intros, I'm @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social, the Student Social Media Officer (& a PhD Candidate at UC Santa Barbara)!
At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
At W+EBS, I develop social media strategy to grow and connect with our membership, and manage our email, Bluesky, and (newly created) LinkedIn. (1/2)
#WplusEBS
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Why does W+EBS matter to @abbeyepage.bsky.social?
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Why does W+EBS matter to @abbeyepage.bsky.social?
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
“It creates a supportive, cross-career network that helps people who can struggle to stay in our field and I think our field really needs diversity to thrive too!”
Fun fact: Abbey's "powered by tea and very opinionated spreadsheets” 2/2
#WplusEBS
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Now that I'm officially on the website, I'm thrilled to announce that in just a few short weeks I'll be starting as an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa!
anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu/elizabeth-ag...
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Elizabeth Agey – Department of Anthropology
Background As a first-year undergraduate I took an Intro to Biological Anthropology course, and I enjoyed it so much that I switched my major. As I took classes
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July 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now that I'm officially on the website, I'm thrilled to announce that in just a few short weeks I'll be starting as an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa!
anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu/elizabeth-ag...
anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu/elizabeth-ag...
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I'm hiring a full-time #labmanager for my new Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at UCSB! The start date is flexible, but could be as early as August 1, 2025. Application review begins July 17th and will continue until the position is filled 👶🪴
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02992
#academicjobs
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Junior Specialist-Lab for Infant Learning And Cognition (LILAC), Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu
July 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm hiring a full-time #labmanager for my new Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at UCSB! The start date is flexible, but could be as early as August 1, 2025. Application review begins July 17th and will continue until the position is filled 👶🪴
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02992
#academicjobs
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02992
#academicjobs
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Excited that this paper is finally out (in collaboration with @zoeliberman.bsky.social @saraburke.bsky.social & Brenda Major) in PSPB!
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The Comparative Status Hypothesis: Inferences About Discrimination Vary Based on Identity Salience - Elizabeth A. Quinn-Jensen, Anh L. K. Tran, Sara E. Burke, Brenda Major, Zoe Liberman, 2025
Past research examining when people label an outcome as discrimination has largely ignored contextual factors beyond the victim–perpetrator dyad. We contend tha...
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July 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Excited that this paper is finally out (in collaboration with @zoeliberman.bsky.social @saraburke.bsky.social & Brenda Major) in PSPB!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Fifth episode is up! @jaimiekrems.bsky.social on friendship!
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Friendship with Jaimie Krems
Podcast Episode · Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) · 06/17/2025 · 2h 2m
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June 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Fifth episode is up! @jaimiekrems.bsky.social on friendship!
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Our Fourth Episode is out today! Our first of many wonderful interviews. This one with Dan Conroy-Beam @dconroybeam.bsky.social where we discuss the good and less good of ep studies of mating.
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Mating with Daniel Conroy-Beam
Guest Daniel Conroy-Beam (UCSB) explains why human mating has occupied the interest of evolutionary psychologists, what consequences this has had on science, and how things might be done better. If yo...
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June 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Our Fourth Episode is out today! Our first of many wonderful interviews. This one with Dan Conroy-Beam @dconroybeam.bsky.social where we discuss the good and less good of ep studies of mating.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-f8icb-...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0qR...
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I had a great time at HBES 2025 @humbehevosoc.bsky.social! I presented my work on a method we developed that allows us to predict who people will choose as partners 3 months into the future—participants chose romantic partners on their own, in their own mating markets—with zero intervention from us!
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I had a great time at HBES 2025 @humbehevosoc.bsky.social! I presented my work on a method we developed that allows us to predict who people will choose as partners 3 months into the future—participants chose romantic partners on their own, in their own mating markets—with zero intervention from us!
Reposted by Carlos Sosa Colindres
Come see me at HBES this week! I'll be talking about my work with @dconroybeam.bsky.social simulating mate choice in Nepali arranged marriages. Saturday at 9:50.
June 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Come see me at HBES this week! I'll be talking about my work with @dconroybeam.bsky.social simulating mate choice in Nepali arranged marriages. Saturday at 9:50.
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Can’t wait to share some exciting new work at #HBES2025!
Join me for my talk:
“Is Mate Choice Predictable? Using Agent-Based Modeling to Prospectively Predict Successful Blind Dates”
🗓️ Thursday, June 5
⏰ 10:50 AM
Check out my abstract below ⬇️
Join me for my talk:
“Is Mate Choice Predictable? Using Agent-Based Modeling to Prospectively Predict Successful Blind Dates”
🗓️ Thursday, June 5
⏰ 10:50 AM
Check out my abstract below ⬇️
May 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Can’t wait to share some exciting new work at #HBES2025!
Join me for my talk:
“Is Mate Choice Predictable? Using Agent-Based Modeling to Prospectively Predict Successful Blind Dates”
🗓️ Thursday, June 5
⏰ 10:50 AM
Check out my abstract below ⬇️
Join me for my talk:
“Is Mate Choice Predictable? Using Agent-Based Modeling to Prospectively Predict Successful Blind Dates”
🗓️ Thursday, June 5
⏰ 10:50 AM
Check out my abstract below ⬇️
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I’m really excited about this panel: “Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025”
Help shape the conversation & submit your questions at the link below!
Let’s talk about what attendees actually care about.
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Help shape the conversation & submit your questions at the link below!
Let’s talk about what attendees actually care about.
Repost to spread the word!
For the first 75% of the session, we’ll discuss curated Qs from #HBES2025 attendees.
What should we ask?
🙋Submit your questions anonymously here: pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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What should we ask?
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#WplusEBS (3/3)
Suggest questions for HBES panel
What questions do you recommend we ask our panel of speakers at HBES 2025, focusing on gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences in 2025?
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May 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I’m really excited about this panel: “Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025”
Help shape the conversation & submit your questions at the link below!
Let’s talk about what attendees actually care about.
Repost to spread the word!
Help shape the conversation & submit your questions at the link below!
Let’s talk about what attendees actually care about.
Repost to spread the word!
Reposted by Carlos Sosa Colindres
#W+EBS is excited to announce our panel at #HBES2025:
"Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025"
Chaired by @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social
Moderated by @annepisor.bsky.social
Abstract below👇 (1/3)
"Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025"
Chaired by @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social
Moderated by @annepisor.bsky.social
Abstract below👇 (1/3)
May 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#W+EBS is excited to announce our panel at #HBES2025:
"Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025"
Chaired by @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social
Moderated by @annepisor.bsky.social
Abstract below👇 (1/3)
"Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025"
Chaired by @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social
Moderated by @annepisor.bsky.social
Abstract below👇 (1/3)
Siiick 10/10 🔥🔥🔥🔥
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Siiick 10/10 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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May 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Super interesting research by @bengelbart.bsky.social:
"Love may not operate as a commitment device in the classic sense: Rather than disincentivizing one's own pursuit of alternatives, acts of love may disincentivize alternatives from pursuing oneself."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Love may not operate as a commitment device in the classic sense: Rather than disincentivizing one's own pursuit of alternatives, acts of love may disincentivize alternatives from pursuing oneself."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis
Love is commonly hypothesized to function as an evolved commitment device, disincentivizing the pursuit of romantic alternatives and signaling this mo…
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March 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Super interesting research by @bengelbart.bsky.social:
"Love may not operate as a commitment device in the classic sense: Rather than disincentivizing one's own pursuit of alternatives, acts of love may disincentivize alternatives from pursuing oneself."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Love may not operate as a commitment device in the classic sense: Rather than disincentivizing one's own pursuit of alternatives, acts of love may disincentivize alternatives from pursuing oneself."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨New paper! I tackle a confound in mate preference research: Are preferences & standards driven by one's own sex or target sex? Two studies show preferences are (mostly) driven by own sex, but overall standards are driven by target sex. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0956... #MatePreferences #Research
Deconfounding Sex and Sex of Partner in Mate-Preference Research - Ashley J. Coventry, Selina Mixner, Benjamin Gelbart, Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Tamsin C. German, 2025
Much of the previous research examining sex differences in human mate preferences has relied exclusively on heterosexual participants. Consequently, prior work ...
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March 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨New paper! I tackle a confound in mate preference research: Are preferences & standards driven by one's own sex or target sex? Two studies show preferences are (mostly) driven by own sex, but overall standards are driven by target sex. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0956... #MatePreferences #Research