Outputs (2)

Cumulative culture and future thinking: Is mental time travel a prerequisite to cumulative cultural evolution? (2012)
Journal Article
Vale, G., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2012). Cumulative culture and future thinking: Is mental time travel a prerequisite to cumulative cultural evolution?. Learning and Motivation, 43, 220-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2012.05.010

Context-dependent model-based biases in cultural transmission: Children’s imitation is affected by model age over model knowledgeable state (2012)
Journal Article
Wood, L., Kendal, R., & Flynn, E. (2012). Context-dependent model-based biases in cultural transmission: Children’s imitation is affected by model age over model knowledgeable state. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(4), 387-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.11.010

Many animals, including humans, acquire information through social learning. Although such information can be acquired easily, its potential unreliability means it should not be used indiscriminately. Cultural ‘transmission biases’ may allow individu... Read More about Context-dependent model-based biases in cultural transmission: Children’s imitation is affected by model age over model knowledgeable state.