Obiettivo Kinship moderates important social outcomes, such as interpersonal violence and sexual behaviour, but how do you know who your kin are? On the surface, this appears to be a simple question, but the specific cues and cognitive systems that mediate these complex relationships are yet to be understood. This pioneering project will combine biological theories regarding the essential role of kinship in regulating social and sexual behaviour with advanced methods from experimental psychology, genetics, acoustics, computer graphics and experimental economics, to develop and test the first comprehensive model of human kin recognition.Early research on human kin recognition typically investigated the effect of a single kinship cue on one domain of behaviour and in one relationship type. For example, research on the Westermarck Effect focusses on the effect of co-residence on sexual aversion among siblings. The proposed project will investigate a diverse range of potential kinship cues (e.g. contextual, phenotypic and cognitive), both relevant behavioural domains (i.e. prosocial and sexual), and several relationship types (e.g. primary and secondary; consanguine, affine and adoptive). The resulting model will allow for complex interactions, such as conditional or domain-specific cue use, that are suggested by work on kin recognition in other species. This, in turn, will allow for a greater understanding of the mechanisms underpinning how humans recognise and respond to kin. The project will also produce a quantitative model of how family resemblance is expressed in the face, which will be used to develop novel methodologies for assessing family resemblance from face images and experimentally creating realistic and biologically plausible “virtual relatives” using computer graphics. Campo scientifico social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssocial sciencespsychologyhumanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematographynatural sciencesphysical sciencesacousticsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethology Parole chiave kin recognition inclusive fitness optimal outbreeding family kinship altruism incest avoidance prosocial behaviour sexual behaviour MHC 3D computer graphics facial resemblance Programma(i) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Argomento(i) ERC-CoG-2014 - ERC Consolidator Grant Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2014-CoG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Istituzione ospitante UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 984 776,00 Indirizzo UNIVERSITY AVENUE G12 8QQ Glasgow Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 1 984 776,00 Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo netto dell'UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Regno Unito Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 984 776,00 Indirizzo UNIVERSITY AVENUE G12 8QQ Glasgow Mostra sulla mappa Regione Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 1 984 776,00