Tools
Sorted by:
Try your query at:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Results 1 - 10
of
13
The adaptive nature of human categorization
- Psychological Review
, 1991
"... A rational model of human categorization behavior is presented that assumes that categorization reflects the derivation of optimal estimates of the probability of unseen features of objects. A Bayesian analysis is performed of what optimal estimations would be if categories formed a disjoint partiti ..."
Abstract
-
Cited by 344 (2 self)
- Add to MetaCart
A rational model of human categorization behavior is presented that assumes that categorization reflects the derivation of optimal estimates of the probability of unseen features of objects. A Bayesian analysis is performed of what optimal estimations would be if categories formed a disjoint
Why the adaptationist perspective must be considered: The example of morbid jealousy
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
, 2006
"... Abstract: We describe Delusional Disorder-Jealous Type ("morbid jealousy") with the adaptationist perspective used by Darwinian psychiatrists and evolutionary psychologists to explain the relatively common existence and continued prevalence of mental disorders. We then apply the "har ..."
Abstract
-
Cited by 2 (2 self)
- Add to MetaCart
Abstract: We describe Delusional Disorder-Jealous Type ("morbid jealousy") with the adaptationist perspective used by Darwinian psychiatrists and evolutionary psychologists to explain the relatively common existence and continued prevalence of mental disorders. We then apply the "
The Quarterly Review of Biology NO TIME TO EAT: AN ADAPTATIONIST ACCOUNT OF PERIOVULATORY BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
, 2013
"... periovulatory behavior, caloric intake, physical activity, psychological changes A comprehensive review of women’s dietary behavior across the menstrual cycle suggests a drop in caloric intake around the time of ovulation; similar patterns occur in many other mammals. The periovulatory nadir is puzz ..."
Abstract
- Add to MetaCart
is puzzling, as it is not explicable in terms of changes in the energy budget. Existing explanations in the animal literature operate wholly at the proximate level of analysis and hence do not address this puzzle. In this paper, I offer an ultimate explanation for the periovulatory feeding nadir, arguing
Seven types of adaptationism
- Biology and Philosophy
, 2009
"... Abstract Godfrey-Smith (2001) has distinguished three types of adaptationism. This article builds on his analysis, and revises it in places, by distinguishing seven varieties of adaptationism. This taxonomy allows us to clarify what is at stake in debates over adaptationism, and it also helps to ce ..."
Abstract
-
Cited by 5 (0 self)
- Add to MetaCart
Abstract Godfrey-Smith (2001) has distinguished three types of adaptationism. This article builds on his analysis, and revises it in places, by distinguishing seven varieties of adaptationism. This taxonomy allows us to clarify what is at stake in debates over adaptationism, and it also helps
Adaptive Rationality: An Evolutionary Perspective on Cognitive Bias
"... A casual look at the literature in social cognition reveals a vast collection of biases, errors, violations of rational choice, and failures to maximize utility. One is tempted to draw the conclusion that the human mind is woefully muddled. We present a three-category evolutionary taxonomy of eviden ..."
Abstract
-
Cited by 9 (2 self)
- Add to MetaCart
of evidence of biases: biases are (a) heuristics, (b) error management effects, or (c) experimental artifacts. We conclude that much of the research on cognitive biases can be profitably reframed and understood in evolutionary terms. An adaptationist perspective suggests that the mind is remarkably well
unknown title
"... Can sex-allocation theory account forthe sex ratios of malaria parasites? The sex ratios of many metazoans change in response to environmental cues, often as predicted by theory, providing some of the best evidence that adaptationist thinking actually works1. Now, Paul et al.2 have reported that env ..."
Abstract
- Add to MetaCart
Can sex-allocation theory account forthe sex ratios of malaria parasites? The sex ratios of many metazoans change in response to environmental cues, often as predicted by theory, providing some of the best evidence that adaptationist thinking actually works1. Now, Paul et al.2 have reported
Original Article Cognitive Reorganization during Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: An Evolutionary Perspective
"... Abstract: Where the non-human animal research investigating reproduction-induced cognitive reorganization has focused on neural plasticity and adaptive advantage in response to the demands associated with pregnancy and parenting, human studies have primarily concentrated on pregnancy-induced memory ..."
Abstract
- Add to MetaCart
decline. The current review updates Henry and Rendell’s 2007 meta-analysis, and examines cognitive reorganization as the result of reproductive experience from an adaptationist perspective. Investigations of pregnancy-induced cognitive change in human females may benefit by focusing on areas
Traditional ecological knowledge and Inuit: Reflections of TEK research ethics. Arctic 52(2
, 1999
"... ABSTRACT. The intimate knowledge that Inuit possess about the environment has figured prominently in North American Arctic research since at least the mid-1960s, when adherents of Julian Steward’s adaptationist perspective essentially displaced the acculturation paradigm that until then had dominate ..."
Abstract
-
Cited by 15 (0 self)
- Add to MetaCart
ABSTRACT. The intimate knowledge that Inuit possess about the environment has figured prominently in North American Arctic research since at least the mid-1960s, when adherents of Julian Steward’s adaptationist perspective essentially displaced the acculturation paradigm that until then had
DOI 10.1007/s10539-012-9307-5 Population thinking and natural selection in dual-inheritance theory
"... Abstract A deflationary perspective on theories of cultural evolution, in particular dual-inheritance theory, has recently been proposed by Lewens. On this ‘pop-culture’ analysis, dual-inheritance theorists apply population thinking to cultural phenomena, without claiming that cultural items evolve ..."
Abstract
- Add to MetaCart
Abstract A deflationary perspective on theories of cultural evolution, in particular dual-inheritance theory, has recently been proposed by Lewens. On this ‘pop-culture’ analysis, dual-inheritance theorists apply population thinking to cultural phenomena, without claiming that cultural items evolve
Foreword
"... As this foreword is written, at the dawn of the 21st Century, the cognitive sciences are in epistemological ferment. The exuberant optimism of the late 20th-Century adaptationist programme has, itself, started to fragment like the many fingers of a wave against the implacable shore of empirical real ..."
Abstract
- Add to MetaCart
As this foreword is written, at the dawn of the 21st Century, the cognitive sciences are in epistemological ferment. The exuberant optimism of the late 20th-Century adaptationist programme has, itself, started to fragment like the many fingers of a wave against the implacable shore of empirical
Results 1 - 10
of
13
