TOP-DOWN TO BOTTOM-UP: RHYTHMIC SYNCHRONY RELAXES SOCIAL PRIORS TO ENABLE CHANGE [0.03%]
从上至下到自下而上：节奏同步放松社会规范以促进变革
Connor Wood
Connor Wood
Interpersonal synchrony, such as dancing to a shared rhythm, elicits bonding and rewards, leading many to see it as a mechanism for group cohesion. Yet synchronized activities also reduce ingroup bias, rapidly bond strangers, flatten hierar...
Core knowledge shapes what actions are considered and how others will perceive them [0.03%]
核心知识决定哪些行动被考虑以及他人如何感知这些行动
Ashley J Thomas,Hossein Samani
Ashley J Thomas
We propose an extension in which core knowledge - innate, skeletal, and abstract cognitive representations - shape "super attractors." They shape our cognition and our communication with others. People choose actions based not only on what ...
Cultural evolution by revealed preferences - from status signals to alien porn [0.03%]
文化进化与偏好显示：从身份信号到异类色情
Oliver Braganza
Oliver Braganza
Singh convincingly argues that understanding culture requires understanding subjective selection. Here, I (1) suggest an extension to Singh's cultural manifold, namely status signaling systems and (2) argue that Singh's approach might unfol...
Joshua C Jackson,Shiyun Cao
Joshua C Jackson
The field of cultural evolution has long emphasized forms of social learning where learners are "blind" to payoffs of cultural traits, while neglecting "sighted" processes like guided variation. We review new insights that could inform psyc...
Subjective selection needs context: Culture shapes goal selection, evaluations of usefulness, and "actual" effectiveness [0.03%]
主观选择需要背景：文化形塑目标选择、有用性评价以及“实际”效果
Yulia E Chentsova-Dutton,Andrew G Ryder
Yulia E Chentsova-Dutton
Singh compellingly describes some psychological factors that shape selection of cultural variants, but his approach gives insufficient attention to how culture shapes psychology. We argue the subjective selection account needs to pay greate...
If lullabies and hero stories are super-attractors, what are music and language? Absolute universals imply genetic mechanisms [0.03%]
如果摇篮曲和英雄故事是超级吸引物，那么音乐和语言是什么？绝对普遍性暗示了遗传机制
Patrick E Savage
Patrick E Savage
I praise the synthesis and expansion of attractor theory to explain statistical universals, but critique its failure to explain absolute universals. I agree that lullabies, hero stories, and shamanism are good candidates for primarily cultu...
Subjective selection needs socially transmitted goals and culturally evolving problems [0.03%]
主观选择需要社会传递的目标和文化演进的问题
James Winters,Mathieu Charbonneau
James Winters
Our commentary aims to enrich Singh's subjective selection framework in two fundamental ways. First, language is necessary for coordinating on shared instrumental goals. Without it, the explanatory burden rests largely on evolved psychology...
Zachary H Garfield
Zachary H Garfield
Singh's framework of subjective selection compellingly links individual cognition to cultural convergence. My commentary emphasizes that subjective selection is hierarchically mediated: not all individuals have equal capacity to shape or tr...
Olivier Morin
Olivier Morin
I read Singh's stimulating proposal as a comeback to methodological individualism: social and cultural phenomena are driven by individual motivations, given by individuals' subjective reasons for action. Singh's version of this classic doct...
The nature of goals in subjective selection: Origins, shaping forces, and salience [0.03%]
目标在主观选择中的本质：起源、塑造力量和显著性
Ze Hong
Ze Hong
This commentary enriches Singh's subjective selection framework by focusing on the nature of goals. It considers their origins (biology, ecology, culture) and varying salience, allowing the model to account for both highly instrumental acti...