Giorgio Bertini
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Cognitive Culture – Theoretical and Empirical insights into Social Learning Strategies
Research into social learning (learning from others) has expanded significantly in recent years, not least because of productive interactions between theoretical and empirical approaches. This has been coupled with a new emphasis on learning strategies, which places social learning within … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Cognitive culture, Culture, Social cognition, Social learning, Strategy
Tagged cognition, Cognitive culture, culture, social cognition, social learning, strategy
Brain-to-brain Coupling – A mechanism for Creating and Sharing a Social World
Cognition materializes in an interpersonal space. The emergence of complex behaviors requires the coordination of actions among individuals according to a shared set of rules. Despite the central role of other individuals in shaping one’s mind, most cognitive studies focus … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, Cognition, Social learning, Social network, Social sharing, Social world
Tagged brain, cognition, social learning, Social network, social sharing, Social world
The Origin and Evolution of Cultures
Oxford presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson’s path-breaking work on evolution and culture. Their interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, … Continue reading
Evolution of Social Learning and the Origin of Human Cumulative Culture
Because culture requires transmission of information between individuals, thinking about the origin of culture has mainly focused on the genetic evolution of abilities for social learning. Current theory considers how social learning affects the adaptiveness of a single cultural trait, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural evolution, Culture, Cumulative culture, Social learning
Tagged cultural evolution, culture, cumulative culture, social learning
Human Cumulative Cultural Evolution as a Form of Distributed Computation
Cumulative culture is the engine that drives the remarkable power of the global human computer. It enables societies to act as extremely powerful computers by ratcheting up technological and other cultural innovations. Once culture can accumulate, the ability of a … Continue reading
