Social learning and evolution: the cultural intelligence hypothesis.

Volume: 366, Issue: 1567, Pages: 1008 - 1016
Published: Apr 12, 2011
Abstract
If social learning is more efficient than independent individual exploration, animals should learn vital cultural skills exclusively, and routine skills faster, through social learning, provided they actually use social learning preferentially. Animals with opportunities for social learning indeed do so. Moreover, more frequent opportunities for social learning should boost an individual's repertoire of learned skills. This prediction is...
Paper Details
Title
Social learning and evolution: the cultural intelligence hypothesis.
Published Date
Apr 12, 2011
Volume
366
Issue
1567
Pages
1008 - 1016
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