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The cultural capacity of human and nonhuman primates: Social learning, innovation, and cumulative culture (2016)
Book Chapter
Vale, G., Carr, K., Dean, L., & Kendal, R. (2017). The cultural capacity of human and nonhuman primates: Social learning, innovation, and cumulative culture. In J. Kass (Ed.), Evolution of nervous systems (second edition) (475-508). (2nd ed.). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-804042-3.00095-6

Whether the foundations of nonhuman and human traditions are fundamentally similar, or whether they are different, has been the subject of heated debate even referred to as the animal “culture wars.” In this chapter we aim to explore the question of... Read More about The cultural capacity of human and nonhuman primates: Social learning, innovation, and cumulative culture.

To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies (2016)
Journal Article
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.

A reappreciation of ‘conformity’ (2016)
Journal Article
van Leeuwen, E., Acerbi, A., Kendal, R., Tennie, C., & Haun, D. (2016). A reappreciation of ‘conformity’. Animal Behaviour, 122, e5-e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.09.010

Eureka!: What is innovation, how does it develop, and who does it? (2016)
Journal Article
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?.

Designing for creativity and innovation in informal science learning (2016)
Journal Article
Kendal, R., Kendal, J., Mursic, Z., Bailey-Ross, C., Rudman, H., Lloyd, A., & Ross, B. (2016). Designing for creativity and innovation in informal science learning. 00 Journal not listed, 20-24

Robust retention and transfer of tool construction techniques in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (2016)
Journal Article
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).