A Computational Model of Two Cognitive Transitions Underlying Cultural Evolution

Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2344-2349

  Gabora, Liane ^a   Chia, Wei Wen ^b   Firouzi, Hadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based model; CF; convergent though; creativity; cultural evolution; divergent thought; dual process; recursive retrieval; stream of thought

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CONTEXTUAL FOCUS; CONVERGENT THOUGH; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DIVERGENT THOUGHT; DIVERGENTS; DUAL PROCESS; RECURSIVE RETRIEVAL; STREAM OF THOUGHT;

HEALTH;

EID: 84911988438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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