Jennings, George. 2016. ‘Ancient Wisdom, Modern Warriors; The (Re)Invention of a Mesoamerican Warrior Tradition in Xilam’, Martial Arts Studies 2, 59-70 México Profundo, Mesoamerica, pre-Hispanic, martial arts cultures, warrior philosophies 10.18573/j.2016.10064 Xilam is a modern Mexican martial art that is inspired by preHispanic warrior cultures of ancient Mesoamerica, namely the Aztecs (Mexi...

BACKGROUND The number of older adults participating in yoga has increased dramatically in recent years; yet, the physical demands associated with yoga performance have not been reported. The primary aim of the Yoga Empowers Seniors Study (YESS) was to use biomechanical methods to quantify the physical demands associated with the performance of 7 commonly-practiced standing yoga poses in older a...

Evolutionary scientists argue that human cooperation is the product of a long history of competition among rival groups. There are various reasons to believe that this logic applies particularly to men. In three experiments, using a step-level public-goods task, we found that men contributed more to their group if their group was competing with other groups than if there was no intergroup compe...

Anthropomorphism is a widely used communication strategy—especially popular to promote food products. The current research examines the novel idea that anthropomorphism negatively affects consumption—reducing consumption amount and deteriorating experience. I argue show this negative effect occurs because anthropomorphizing grants product perceived capacity feel pain, which it increases immoral...