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Legare, C.H.; Nielsen, M. |
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Imitation and Innovation: The Dual Engines of Cultural Learning |
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
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19 |
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11 |
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688-699 |
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Imitation and innovation work in tandem to support cultural learning in children and facilitate our capacity for cumulative culture. Here we propose an integrated theoretical account of how the unique demands of acquiring instrumental skills and cultural conventions provide insight into when children imitate, when they innovate, and to what degree. For instrumental learning, with an increase in experience, high fidelity imitation decreases and innovation increases. By contrast, for conventional learning, imitative fidelity stays high, regardless of experience, and innovation stays low. We synthesize cutting edge research on the development of imitative flexibility and innovation to provide insight into the social learning mechanisms underpinning the uniquely human mind. |
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1364-6613 |
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doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.005 |
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Equine Behaviour @ team @ |
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Rosati, A.G. |
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Foraging Cognition: Reviving the Ecological Intelligence Hypothesis |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
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21 |
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9 |
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691-702 |
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What are the origins of intelligent behavior? The demands associated with living in complex social groups have been the favored explanation for the evolution of primate cognition in general and human cognition in particular. However, recent comparative research indicates that ecological variation can also shape cognitive abilities. I synthesize the emerging evidence that ?foraging cognition? ? skills used to exploit food resources, including spatial memory, decision-making, and inhibitory control ? varies adaptively across primates. These findings provide a new framework for the evolution of human cognition, given our species? dependence on costly, high-value food resources. Understanding the origins of the human mind will require an integrative theory accounting for how humans are unique in both our sociality and our ecology. |
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doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.05.011 |
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