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Negatively-Biased Credulity and the Cultural Evolution of Beliefs

The functions of cultural beliefs are often opaque to those who hold them. Accordingly, to benefit from cultural evolution’s ability to solve complex adaptive problems, learners must be credulous. However, credulity entails costs, including susceptibility to exploitation, and effort wasted due to fa...

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Autores principales: Fessler, Daniel M. T., Pisor, Anne C., Navarrete, Carlos David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095167