Objetivo 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. Ámbito científico social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssocial sciencespsychologyhumanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematographynatural sciencesphysical sciencesacousticsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethology Palabras clave kin recognition inclusive fitness optimal outbreeding family kinship altruism incest avoidance prosocial behaviour sexual behaviour MHC 3D computer graphics facial resemblance Programa(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Tema(s) ERC-CoG-2014 - ERC Consolidator Grant Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2014-CoG Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Institución de acogida UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Aportación neta de la UEn € 1 984 776,00 Dirección UNIVERSITY AVENUE G12 8QQ Glasgow Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Región Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 1 984 776,00 Beneficiarios (1) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación neta de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Reino Unido Aportación neta de la UEn € 1 984 776,00 Dirección UNIVERSITY AVENUE G12 8QQ Glasgow Ver en el mapa Región Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 1 984 776,00