Adaptive strategies for cumulative cultural learning

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 301, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-111

  Ehn, Micael ^a,b   Laland, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cumulative culture; Rogers paradox; Social learning; Social learning strategy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; LEARNING; OPTIMIZATION;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857666206     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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