Lectures on Tap-"The Belyaev Fox Experiment: A Psychology of Domestication"

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🧠 Lecture: "The Belyaev Fox Experiment: A Psychology of Domestication"

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Alec Goldstein

Join us for a fascinating evening as Dr. Alec Goldstein delves into the groundbreaking research behind "How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog" and what it reveals about human psychology. Through the decades-long Russian fox experiment—an unprecedented real-time study of domestication—Dr. Goldstein will explore how environment, selection, and emotion shape behavior and biology across generations.

Connecting this remarkable story of evolving foxes to core psychological principles, he will illuminate how attachment, social learning, aggression, and emotional regulation develop in both animals and humans. Drawing powerful parallels to human development, Dr. Goldstein examines how trust, fear, and safety can fundamentally transform individuals, families, and even societies.

Dr. Alec Goldstein is a child and forensic psychologist and a Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University. He works with children facing the highest levels of suicidality and homicidality, specializing in extreme emotional and behavioral intensity. His work bridges clinical practice and research, highlighting how environments of safety, attachment, and empathy can transform even the most challenging behaviors.

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Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.

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