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Adding culture and context improves evolutionary theorizing about human cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2018

Rita Anne McNamara  and
Ronald Fischer
Rita Anne McNamara
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. rita.mcnamara@vuw.ac.nzronald.fischer@vuw.ac.nzhttp://ramcnama.wordpress.comhttps://mindcultureevolution.com
Ronald Fischer
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. rita.mcnamara@vuw.ac.nzronald.fischer@vuw.ac.nzhttp://ramcnama.wordpress.comhttps://mindcultureevolution.com
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Abstract

Boyer & Petersen (B&P) lay out an evolutionarily grounded framework to produce concrete, testable predictions about economic phenomena. We commend this step forward, but suggest the framework requires more consideration of cultural contexts that provide necessary input for cognitive systems to operate on. We discuss the role of culture when examining both evolved cognitive systems and social exchange contexts.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e181
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