Observational learning of tool use in children: Investigating cultural spread through diffusion chains and learning mechanisms through ghost displays
(2010)
Journal Article
Hopper, L., Flynn, E., Wood, L., & Whiten, A. (2010). Observational learning of tool use in children: Investigating cultural spread through diffusion chains and learning mechanisms through ghost displays. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 106(1), 82-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2009.12.001
In the first of two experiments, we demonstrate the spread of a novel form of tool use across 20 “cultural generations” of child-to-child transmission. An experimentally seeded technique spread with 100% fidelity along twice as many “generations” as... Read More about Observational learning of tool use in children: Investigating cultural spread through diffusion chains and learning mechanisms through ghost displays.