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Dr Jeremy Kendal's Outputs (53)

Quantifying and modeling social learning processes in monkey populations (2007)
Journal Article
Kendal, J., Kendal, R., & Laland, K. (2007). Quantifying and modeling social learning processes in monkey populations

Putative traditions in animal opulations remain unsubstantiated in the absence of methods to isolate the mechanisms of social transmission in social groups. Here we address this problem by quantifying the effect of two social learning processes, name... Read More about Quantifying and modeling social learning processes in monkey populations.

The niche construction perspective: implications for human behaviour (2007)
Journal Article
Laland, K., Kendal, J., & Brown, G. (2007). The niche construction perspective: implications for human behaviour. Journal of cultural and evolutionary psychology, 5(1-4), 51-66. https://doi.org/10.1556/jep.2007.1003

The vibrancy of the field of evolution and human behaviour belies the fact that the majority of social scientists are deeply unhappy with evolutionary accounts of human behaviour. In part, this reflects a problem within evolutionary biology: neo-Darw... Read More about The niche construction perspective: implications for human behaviour.

Cultural coevolution of norm adoption and enforcement when punishers are rewarded or non-punishers are punished (2006)
Journal Article
Kendal, J., Feldman, M., & Aoki, K. (2006). Cultural coevolution of norm adoption and enforcement when punishers are rewarded or non-punishers are punished. Theoretical Population Biology, 70(1), 10-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2006.01.003

A number of studies have shown that social norms can be maintained at a high frequency when norm-violators are punished. However, there remains the problem of how norm-adopters and punishers coevolve within a single group. We develop a recursive syst... Read More about Cultural coevolution of norm adoption and enforcement when punishers are rewarded or non-punishers are punished.

Cultural Niche Construction in a metapopulation (2006)
Journal Article
Borenstein, E., Kendal, J., & Feldman, M. (2006). Cultural Niche Construction in a metapopulation. Theoretical Population Biology, 70(1), 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2005.10.003

Abstract Cultural niche construction is the process by which certain evolving cultural traits form a cultural niche that affects the evolution of other genetic and cultural traits [Laland, K., et al., 2001. Cultural niche construction and human evolu... Read More about Cultural Niche Construction in a metapopulation.

Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: a model of education and social transmission of contraceptive use (2005)
Preprint / Working Paper
Kendal, J., Ihara, Y., & Feldman, M. Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: a model of education and social transmission of contraceptive use

The evolution of a cultural trait may be affected by niche construction, or changes in the selective environment of that trait due to the inheritance of other cultural traits that make up a cultural background. This study investigates the evolution o... Read More about Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: a model of education and social transmission of contraceptive use.

Neophilia, innovation and social learning: A study of intergeneric differences in Callitrichid monkeys. (2003)
Journal Article
Day, R., Coe, R., Kendal, J., & Laland, K. (2003). Neophilia, innovation and social learning: A study of intergeneric differences in Callitrichid monkeys. Animal Behaviour, 65, 559-571. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2003.2074

In a comparative study of neophilia, innovation and social attentiveness we exposed individuals in seven callitrichid species, from three genera, to novel extractive foraging tasks. The results revealed consistently shorter response latencies, higher... Read More about Neophilia, innovation and social learning: A study of intergeneric differences in Callitrichid monkeys..

Validating cultural transmission in Cetaceans. (2001)
Journal Article
Day, R., Kendal, J., & Laland, K. (2001). Validating cultural transmission in Cetaceans. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(2), 330-331. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01293960

The evidence of high cognitive abilities in cetaceans does not stand up to close scrutiny under the standards established by laboratory researchers. This is likely to lead to a sterile debate between laboratory and field researchers unless fresh ways... Read More about Validating cultural transmission in Cetaceans..