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Dr. Shariff's dissertation focused on the evolutionary adaptiveness and social effects of emotion expressions, with a particular focus on the self-conscious emotions of pride and shame. His primary area of research, however, empirically addressed the relationship between religion and moral behaviour, with an eye towards uncovering the evolutionary and cultural origins of religious institutions.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) - graduated in 2010