Limited Scope for Group Coordination in Stylistic Variations of

Bayesian inference art cooperation coordination ethnic markers material culture

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 16 07 2021
accepted: 27 09 2021
entrez: 15 11 2021
pubmed: 16 11 2021
medline: 16 11 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In large, complex societies, assorting with others with similar social norms or behaviors can facilitate successful coordination and cooperation. The ability to recognize others with shared norms or behaviors is thus assumed to be under selection. As a medium of communication, human art might reflect fitness-relevant information on shared norms and behaviors of other individuals thus facilitating successful coordination and cooperation. Distinctive styles or patterns of artistic design could signify migration history, different groups with a shared interaction history due to spatial proximity, as well as individual-level expertise and preferences. In addition, cultural boundaries may be even more pronounced in a highly diverse and socially stratified society. In the current study, we focus on a large corpus of an artistic tradition called

Identifiants

pubmed: 34777133
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.742577
pmc: PMC8584996
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

742577

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Tran, Kucharský, Waring, Atmaca and Beheim.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

N-Han Tran (NH)

Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.

Šimon Kucharský (Š)

Department of Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Timothy M Waring (TM)

Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, School of Economics, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States.

Silke Atmaca (S)

Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.

Bret A Beheim (BA)

Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.

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