Bentley, R.A. and Caiado, C.C.S. and Ormerod, P. (2014) 'Effects of memory on spatial heterogeneity in neutrally transmitted culture.', Evolution and human behavior., 35 (4). pp. 257-263.
Abstract
We explore how cultural heterogeneity evolves without strong selection pressure or environmental differences between groups. Using a neutral transmission model with an isolation-by-distance spatiality, we test the effect of a simple representation of cultural ‘memory’ on the dynamics of heterogeneity. We find that memory magnifies the effect of affinity while decreasing the effect of individual learning on cultural heterogeneity. This indicates that, while the cost of individual learning governs the frequency of individual learning, memory is important in governing its effect.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Available under License - Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download PDF (1653Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.02.001 |
| Publisher statement: | © 2014 This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Date accepted: | 02 February 2014 |
| Date deposited: | 28 June 2018 |
| Date of first online publication: | 10 February 2014 |
| Date first made open access: | No date available |
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