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Comparative Study
. 2019 Oct;11(4):811-816.
doi: 10.1111/tops.12398. Epub 2018 Nov 20.

An Evolutionary Approach to the Study of Collaborative Remembering?

Federica Amici  1   2
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Comparative Study

An Evolutionary Approach to the Study of Collaborative Remembering?

Federica Amici. Top Cogn Sci. 2019 Oct.
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Abstract

Hope and Gabbert (2008) and Jay and colleagues (in press) show us that collaborative remembering, in certain contexts, may result in incomplete and less accurate memories. Here, I will discuss the evolutionary origins of this behavior, linking it to phenomena such as social contagion, conformity, and social learning, which are highly adaptive and widespread across non-human taxa.

Keywords: Collaborative remembering; Conformity; Evolution; Model bias; Social contagion; Social learning.

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