Causal understanding is not necessary for the improvement of culturally evolving technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4616645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maxime Derex (0000-0002-1512-6496, Université Catholique de Lille, corresponding author), Jean-François Bonnefon (0000-0002-4959-188X, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Robert Boyd (0000-0002-6497-0474), Alex Mesoudi (0000-0002-7740-1625, University of Exeter) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 446-452 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nature Human Behaviour (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2397-3374 • E-ISSN: 2397-3374 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41562-019-0567-9 |
| PMID | 30936426 |
| OpenAlex | W2896790179 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 27 |
Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Data science · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Language and cultural evolution · Psychology
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The Role of Explanation in the Evolution of Technology
Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work
Four-Field Co-evolutionary Model for Human Cognition
Evaluating social contract theory in the light of evolutionary social science
When to stop social learning from a predecessor in an information-foraging task
Children and innovation
Attachment preferences in diverse collective problem-solving networks and systemic performance
Subjective selection and the evolution of complex culture
Cultural Incentive Learning
The intertwined cultural evolution of ascetic spiritualities and puritanical religions as technologies of self-discipline
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Toolmaking Skill Acquisition in Non-Industrial Societies
Evaluating Cultural Transmission Processes from Mesolithic Geometric Projectile Models using Experimental Protocols
Rethinking causal understanding and reverse engineering through the lens of cultural ecology
The Cultural Evolution of Games of Chance
Combining Conformist and Payoff Bias in Cultural Evolution
The Pedagogue, the Engineer, and the Friend
Knowledge vs. know-how? Dissecting the foundations of stone knapping skill
Five years of Nature Human Behaviour
Explaining human technology
Technical reasoning is important for cumulative technological culture
Human culture is uniquely open-ended rather than uniquely cumulative
Reconstructing situated learning in a community of practice using cognigrams
Evolving payoff currencies through the construction of causal theories
Social intelligence, innovation, and enhanced brain size in primates
Experimental evidence for the influence of group size on cultural complexity
The double-edged sword of pedagogy
Hunter-Gatherer Inter-Band Interaction Rates
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Not By Genes Alone
Demography and Cultural Evolution
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |