TY - JOUR
T1 - The collaborative emergence of group cognition
AU - Theiner, Georg
AU - Sutton, John
N1 - Copyright 2014 Cambridge University Press. Article originally published in Behavioral and brain sciences, vol 37, iss 3, pp. 227-228. The original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13003051.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - We extend Smaldino's approach to collaboration and social organization in cultural evolution to include cognition. By showing how recent work on emergent group-level cognition can be incorporated within Smaldino's framework, we extend that framework's scope to encompass collaborative memory, decision making, and intelligent action. We argue that beneficial effects arise only in certain forms of cognitive interdependence, in surprisingly fragile conditions.
AB - We extend Smaldino's approach to collaboration and social organization in cultural evolution to include cognition. By showing how recent work on emergent group-level cognition can be incorporated within Smaldino's framework, we extend that framework's scope to encompass collaborative memory, decision making, and intelligent action. We argue that beneficial effects arise only in certain forms of cognitive interdependence, in surprisingly fragile conditions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903514643&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X13003051
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X13003051
M3 - Comment/opinion
VL - 37
SP - 277
EP - 278
JO - The Behavioral and brain sciences
JF - The Behavioral and brain sciences
SN - 0140-525X
IS - 3
ER -