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Objectivism should not be a casualty of innovation’s operationalization. (2007)
Journal Article
Kendal, R., Dean, L., & Laland, K. (2007). Objectivism should not be a casualty of innovation’s operationalization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(4), 413-414. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x07002440

We agree with Ramsey et al. regarding the need for new methods and concepts in the study of innovation, and welcome their initiative, but are concerned that their operationalization is over-reliant on subjective judgements.

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.