The replication crisis facing the psychological sciences is widely regarded as rooted in
methodological or statistical shortcomings. We argue that a large part of the problem is the …

It is often assumed in experiments and models that social learning abilities–how often
individuals copy others, plus who and how they copy–are species-typical. Yet there is …

Marking a decade since the publication of “The weirdest people in the world,” this special
issue is dedicated to exploring how to improve the quality of the science produced by the …

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the
wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters …

To make good use of learning from others (social learning), we need to learn from the right
others; from agents who know better than we do. Research on social learning strategies …

Recent work has documented a wide range of important psychological differences across
societies. Multiple explanations have been offered for why such differences exist, including …

Behind the euphoric narrative of India as an emerging world power lies a complex and
evolving relationship between science and religion. Evoking the rich mythology of …

Formal evolutionary models predict when individuals rely on social learning over individual
learning and the relative strength of their conformist social learning biases. Here we use …

The structure of communication networks is an important determinant of the capacity of
teams, organizations and societies to solve policy, business and science problems. Yet …

Human culture relies on extensive use of social transmission, which must be integrated with
independently acquired (ie asocial) information for effective decision‐making. Formal …