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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Main Author: Fux, Michal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 415-435
Further subjects:B BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY cognition life stages precaution rituals Zulu
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)