Arrival in Erice - After dinner reception at the marsala room (San Rocco)
Wednesday 23, October
09:00-09:20 - Welcome by the Director of The International School of Ethology, Stefano Parmigiani (University of Parma, IT)
09:20-09:50 - Introduction to the Conference by Paola Palanza, Martin Brüne, Alfonso Troisi
Keynote lecture
9:50-10:50 - Randolph Nesse (Arizona State University, USA)
: Good reasons for bad feelings: Insights from the frontiers of evolutionary psychiatry
10:50-11:20 - coffee break
Session #1
11:20-12:10 - Martin Brüne (Ruhr University, Germany)
: One fits it all? Why psychiatry needs to entertain the whole spectrum of evolutionary theory
12:10 -13:00 - Caroline Blanchard (University of Hawaii, USA)
: Of mice and men: Evolutionary, functional and translational approaches to behavioral neuroscience
13:00-15:00 - Lunch break
Session #2
15:00-15:50 - Marco Del Giudice (University of New Mexico, USA)
: Form follows function: an evolutionary model of the structure of psychopathology
15:50-16:40 - Alfonso Troisi (University of Rome-Tor Vergata, IT)
: An evolutionary critique of the harmful dysfunction analysis (HDA) of mental disorder
16:40-17:10 - coffee break
17:10-18:30 - Selected Short Presentations
18:30-19:00 - General discussion
Thursday 24, October
Session #3
09:00-09:50 - Paola Palanza (University of Parma, IT)
: Why Ethology matters for human psychology and psychiatry: from mice to men - and women
9:50-10:40 - Marinus van Ijzendoorn (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL)
: Consequences of deprivation and enrichment in chimpanzees, mice and rats: Lessons to be learnt for child development
10:40-11:10 - coffee break
11:10-11:50 - Pier Francesco Ferrari (CNRS Lyon, FR)
: Early Experiences, Brain plasticity and social-cognitive development in primates
11:50-12:40 - Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg (Vrije University Amsterdam, NL)
: Nurturing Nature: Interaction effects in neurobehavioral development
12:40-15:00 - Lunch Break
Session #4
15:00-15:50 - Bruce Ellis (University of Utah, USA)
: Developmental adaptation to stress: an evolutionary perspective
15:50-16:50 - Selected short presentations
16:50-17:20 - coffee break
17:20-19:00 - POSTER SESSION
Friday 25, October
Session #5
09:00-09:50 - Carlos Crivelli (De Montfort University, UK)
: The behavioral ecology view of facial displays
9:50-10:40 - Marina Butovskaya (Russian Academy of Science, RUS)
: Reproductive success in traditional East-African societies: individual behavior, genes and sociocultural environment
10:40-11:10 - coffee break
11:10-11:40 - Davide Ponzi (University of Parma, IT)
: Sex, Sex and Sex: Thoughts, behaviors and hormones. Which influences which?
11:40-12:30 - Andrea Migliano (University of Cambridge, UK)
: Foraging origins of human cumulative culture
12:30-14:30 - Lunch break
Session #6
14:30-15:20 - Paul Ewald (University of Louisville, USA)
: Genes ,germs and schizophrenia
15:20-16:10 - Holly Ewald (University of Louisvlle, USA)
: Infection, immune responses, and depression.
16:10-16:40 - coffee break
16:40-17:30 - Dan Wilson (Western University, USA)
: Adapting Health Sciences Education to Evolution
17:30-19:00 - General discussion and consensus statement