The social cognitive evolution of myths: Collective narratives of shared pasts as markers for coalitions' communicative and cooperative prowess.

IF 16.6 1区心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI:10.1017/S0140525X24000761

Wouter Wolf

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Abstract

To understand why humans put much effort into celebrating cultural myths, it is crucial to approach this phenomenon as part of humans' broader social cognitive evolution. Specifically, humans' unique capacity to bond with others through shared/collective representations of shared experiences has likely caused individuals to use myths to assess not only coalitions' fitness interdependence, but also their cooperative prowess.

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神话的社会认知进化：作为联盟沟通和合作能力标志的共同过去的集体叙述。

为了理解为什么人类如此努力地庆祝文化神话，将这一现象视为人类更广泛的社会认知进化的一部分是至关重要的。具体来说，人类通过分享/集体分享经验与他人建立联系的独特能力，可能导致个人不仅使用神话来评估联盟的适应性、相互依赖性，还评估他们的合作能力。

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

1.70%

发文量

353

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