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Hidden clusters beyond ethnic boundaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2022

Alejandro Peréz Velilla ,
Cody J. Moser  and
Paul E. Smaldino Open the ORCID record for Paul E. Smaldino [Opens in a new window]
Alejandro Peréz Velilla
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA. aperezvelilla@ucmerced.edu; cmoser2@ucmerced.edu psmaldino@ucmerced.edu; https://smaldino.com/wp/
Cody J. Moser
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA. aperezvelilla@ucmerced.edu; cmoser2@ucmerced.edu psmaldino@ucmerced.edu; https://smaldino.com/wp/
Paul E. Smaldino
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA. aperezvelilla@ucmerced.edu; cmoser2@ucmerced.edu psmaldino@ucmerced.edu; https://smaldino.com/wp/
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Abstract

Hidden cluster problems can manifest when broad ethnic categories are used as proxies for cultural traits, especially when traits are assumed to encode cultural distances between groups. We suggest a granular understanding of cultural trait distributions within and between ethnic categories is fundamental to the interpretation of heritability estimates as well as general behavioral outcomes.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e178
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