Department of Anthropology
370 Haines Hall
Phone: (310) 267-4260
Email:
Webpage:http://www.anthro.ucla.edu/faculty.php?lid=1278&display_one=1

Research:
I study the evolution of domain-specific cognitive capacities, in particular, peoples' understanding of intentions and intentionality in social interactions. I also study processes of social transmission from adults to children in cognitive development.

Selected Publications:

Bryant, G. A., & Barrett, H. C. (in press). Recognizing intentions in infant-directed speech: Evidence for universals.  Psychological Science.

Barrett, H. C., Frederick, D., Haselton, M., & Kurzban, R. (2006). Can manipulations of cognitive load be used to test evolutionary hypotheses? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 513-518.

Hagen, E. H., Barrett, H. C. and Price, M. E. (2006). Do human parents face a quantity-quality tradeoff? Evidence from a Shuar community. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 130, 405-418.

Barrett, H. C., and Kurzban, R. (2006). Modularity in cognition: Framing the debate. Psychological Review, 113, 628-647

Barrett, H.C., Todd, P.M., Miller, G.F., and Blythe, P. (2005). Accurate judgments of intention from motion alone: A cross-cultural study. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 313-331. Boyer, P. & Barrett, H. C. (2005). Domain specificity and intuitive ontology. In Buss, D.M. (ed.). Handbook of evolutionary psychology. (pp. 96-188). New York: Wiley.

Selected Courses:
Anthropology 7: Human Evolution
Anthropology 124: Evolution and Human Behavior