Cultural Transmission of Precautionary Ideas: The Weighted Role of Implicit Motivation
Inspired by the idea that cognitive systems evoke cultural phenomena, this study tested a theory suggesting precautionary cognitive mechanisms as both a constraint and an enabler of transmission of cultural concepts such as religious rituals. Using ‘restricted range of themes’ as a link between prec...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 415-435 |
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BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY
cognition
life stages
precaution
rituals
Zulu
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