Category Archives: Cultural cognition

Strategic Social Learning and the Population Dynamics of Human Behavior

Human culture is widely believed to undergo evolution, via mechanisms rooted in the nature of human cognition. A number of theories predict the kinds of human learning strategies, as well as the population dynamics that result from their action. There … Continue reading

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Culture and the Evolution of Human Cooperation

The scale of human cooperation is an evolutionary puzzle. All of the available evidence suggests that the societies of our Pliocene ancestors were like those of other social primates, and this means that human psychology has changed in ways that … Continue reading

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Why children inherit the social problems and poor lifestyles of their parents

Children of social security recipients go on the dole; children of high school teachers go to university. But giving more money to socially disadvantaged families is not the solution. “Once again, it has been proven that children from a weak … Continue reading

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Outros valores, além do frenesi de consumo

“É preciso insistir no fato de que é possível ser feliz sem o frenesi de consumo que a mídia nos impõe”, reafirma o antropólogo Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. Para ele,  a felicidade pode ter outros caminhos. Pesquisador e professor de … Continue reading

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