Cultural Evolution

Culture without copying or selection
Culture without copying or selection

Nov 26, 2021

Review of Joseph Henrich, The Weirdest People in the World
Review of Joseph Henrich, The Weirdest People in the World

Jun 15, 2021

Cultural evolution of emotional expression in 50 years of song lyrics
Cultural evolution of emotional expression in 50 years of song lyrics

Nov 7, 2019

Why people die in novels: Testing the ordeal simulation hypothesis
Why people die in novels: Testing the ordeal simulation hypothesis

Jun 4, 2019

Cognitive attraction and online misinformation
Cognitive attraction and online misinformation

Feb 12, 2019

Copy-the-majority of instances or individuals? Two approaches to the majority and their consequences for conformist decision-making
Copy-the-majority of instances or individuals? Two approaches to the majority and their consequences for conformist decision-making

Jan 25, 2019

Did Einstein really say that? Testing content versus context in the cultural selection of quotations
Did Einstein really say that? Testing content versus context in the cultural selection of quotations

Sep 19, 2018

Reply to ‘Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission’

Sep 18, 2018

Folk-economic beliefs as “evidential fiction”: Putting the economic public discourse back on track

Aug 30, 2018

Role of Neutral evolution in word turnover during centuries of English word popularity
Role of Neutral evolution in word turnover during centuries of English word popularity

Nov 2, 2017

Cultural complexity and demography: the case of folktales
Cultural complexity and demography: the case of folktales

Jul 1, 2017

Birth of the cool: a two-centuries decline in emotional expression in Anglophone fiction
Birth of the cool: a two-centuries decline in emotional expression in Anglophone fiction

Jun 4, 2017

Review of Tim Lewens, Cultural Evolution: Conceptual Challenges

Jan 1, 2017

A cultural evolution approach to digital media

Dec 15, 2016

A reappreciation of “conformity”
A reappreciation of “conformity”

Dec 1, 2016

Conformity cannot be identified based on population-level signatures
Conformity cannot be identified based on population-level signatures

Oct 31, 2016

Social learning solves the problem of narrow-peaked search landscapes: experimental evidence in humans
Social learning solves the problem of narrow-peaked search landscapes: experimental evidence in humans

Sep 1, 2016

The role of redundant information in cultural transmission and cultural stabilization
The role of redundant information in cultural transmission and cultural stabilization

Feb 1, 2016

If we are all cultural Darwinians what’s the fuss about? Clarifying recent disagreements in the field of cultural evolution

Jun 3, 2015

Dog Movies Stars and Dog Breed Popularity: A Case Study in Media Influence on Choice
Dog Movies Stars and Dog Breed Popularity: A Case Study in Media Influence on Choice

Sep 10, 2014

Biases in cultural transmission shape the turnover of popular traits
Biases in cultural transmission shape the turnover of popular traits

May 1, 2014

Books average previous decade of economic misery
Books average previous decade of economic misery

Jan 8, 2014

Fashion vs. Function in Cultural Evolution: The Case of Dog Breed Popularity
Fashion vs. Function in Cultural Evolution: The Case of Dog Breed Popularity

Sep 11, 2013

The expression of emotions in 20th century books
The expression of emotions in 20th century books

Mar 20, 2013

Old and Young Individuals’ Role in Cultural Change
Old and Young Individuals’ Role in Cultural Change

Oct 31, 2012

Behavioral constraints and the evolution of faithful social learning
Behavioral constraints and the evolution of faithful social learning

Apr 1, 2012

The Logic of Fashion Cycles
The Logic of Fashion Cycles

Mar 7, 2012

Modeling imitation and emulation in constrained search spaces
Modeling imitation and emulation in constrained search spaces

Jun 1, 2011

The Sometimes Evitable Route to Conservatism and Persuasiveness. A Reply to Xue and Costopoulos
The Sometimes Evitable Route to Conservatism and Persuasiveness. A Reply to Xue and Costopoulos

Apr 1, 2010

Umano troppo umano. Riflessioni sull’opposizione natura/cultura in antropologia
Umano troppo umano. Riflessioni sull’opposizione natura/cultura in antropologia

Nov 19, 2009

Cultural evolution and individual development of openness and conservatism
Cultural evolution and individual development of openness and conservatism

Nov 10, 2009

Social learning in embodied agents

I edited, together with Davide Marocco and Paul Vogt, a double special issue of the journal Connection Science on the topic “Social Learning in Embodied Agents”. This is our editorial.

Jun 20, 2008

Cultural transmission between and within generations
Cultural transmission between and within generations

Jan 31, 2006