How does the reliability of a model affect children's choice to learn socially or individually? (2016)
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Turner, C., Giraldeau, L., & Flynn, E. (2017). How does the reliability of a model affect children's choice to learn socially or individually?. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(3), 341-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.11.005

The effect of model reliability on children’s choices to learn socially versus individually is pertinent to theories addressing cultural evolution and theories of selective trust. Here the effect of a reliable versus unreliable model on children’s pr... Read More about How does the reliability of a model affect children's choice to learn socially or individually?.

To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies (2016)
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Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2017). To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies. Child Development Perspectives, 11(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12206

In our technologically complex world, children frequently have problems to solve and skills to learn. They can develop solutions through learning strategies involving social learning or asocial endeavors. While evidence is emerging that children may... Read More about To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies.

Personal space regulation in Williams syndrome: The effect of familiarity (2016)
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Lough, E., Flynn, E., & Riby, D. (2016). Personal space regulation in Williams syndrome: The effect of familiarity. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(10), 3207-3215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2864-8

Personal space refers to a protective barrier that we strive to maintain around our body. We examined personal space regulation in young people with Williams syndrome (WS) and their typically developing, chronological age-matched peers using a parent... Read More about Personal space regulation in Williams syndrome: The effect of familiarity.

Eureka!: What is innovation, how does it develop, and who does it? (2016)
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Carr, K., Kendal, R., & Flynn, E. (2016). Eureka!: What is innovation, how does it develop, and who does it?. Child Development, 87(5), 1505-1519. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12549

Innovation is not only central to changes in traditional practice but arguably responsible for humanity's remarkable success at colonizing the earth and diversifying the products, technologies, and systems within it. Surprisingly little is known of h... Read More about Eureka!: What is innovation, how does it develop, and who does it?.

Selectivity in social and asocial learning: investigating the prevalence, effect and development of young children's learning preferences (2016)
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Flynn, E., Turner, C., & Giraldeau, L. (2016). Selectivity in social and asocial learning: investigating the prevalence, effect and development of young children's learning preferences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1690), Article 20150189. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0189

Culture evolution requires both modification and faithful replication of behaviour, thus it is essential to understand how individuals choose between social and asocial learning. In a quasi-experimental design, 3- and 5-year-olds (176), and adults (5... Read More about Selectivity in social and asocial learning: investigating the prevalence, effect and development of young children's learning preferences.

Animal and human innovation: novel problems and novel solutions (2016)
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Reader, S., Morand-Ferron, J., & Flynn, E. (2016). Animal and human innovation: novel problems and novel solutions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1690), Article 20150182. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0182

This theme issue explores how and why behavioural innovation occurs, and the consequences of innovation for individuals, groups and populations. A vast literature on human innovation exists, from the development of problem-solving in children, to the... Read More about Animal and human innovation: novel problems and novel solutions.

Robust retention and transfer of tool construction techniques in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (2016)
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Vale, G., Flynn, E., Pender, L., Price, E., Whiten, A., Lambeth, P., …Kendal, R. (2016). Robust retention and transfer of tool construction techniques in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 130(1), 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0040000

Long-term memory can be critical to a species’ survival in environments with seasonal and even longer-term cycles of resource availability. The present, longitudinal study investigated whether complex tool behaviors used to gain an out-of-reach rewar... Read More about Robust retention and transfer of tool construction techniques in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).