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dc.contributor.authorMiu, Elena
dc.contributor.authorGulley, Ned
dc.contributor.authorLaland, Kevin N.
dc.contributor.authorRendell, Luke
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T09:30:06Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T09:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-05
dc.identifier269053698
dc.identifierd685b5be-0733-4448-a182-a93868049862
dc.identifier85086627281
dc.identifier32548255
dc.identifier000540787200008
dc.identifier.citationMiu , E , Gulley , N , Laland , K N & Rendell , L 2020 , ' Flexible learning, rather than inveterate innovation or copying, drives cumulative knowledge gain ' , Science Advances , vol. 6 , no. 23 , eaaz0286 . https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0286en
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2457-0900/work/77131138
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-1121-9142/work/77132442
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/20266
dc.descriptionE.M. was supported by John Templeton Foundation Grant #40128 “Exploring the Evolutionary Foundations of Cultural Complexity, Creativity, and Trust” and the University of St Andrews School of Biology. L.R. was supported by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTs) pooling initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011).en
dc.description.abstractHuman technology is characterized by cumulative cultural knowledge gain, yet researchers have limited knowledge of the mix of copying and innovation that maximizes progress. Here, we analyze a unique large-scale dataset originating from collaborative online programming competitions to investigate, in a setting of real-world complexity, how individual differences in innovation, social-information use, and performance generate technological progress. We find that cumulative knowledge gain is primarily driven by pragmatists, willing to copy, innovate, explore, and take risks flexibly, rather than by pure innovators or habitual copiers. Our study also reveals a key role for prestige in information transfer.
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dc.format.extent701838
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofScience Advancesen
dc.subjectH Social Sciencesen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccHen
dc.titleFlexible learning, rather than inveterate innovation or copying, drives cumulative knowledge gainen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorJohn Templeton Foundationen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Uniten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Bioacoustics groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/sciadv.aaz0286
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumber40128en


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