Culture is an optometrist: Cultural contexts adjust the prescription of social learning bifocals.

Behav Brain Sci

Department of Psychology, Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE,

Published: November 2022

The "prescription" of humans' social learning bifocals is fine-tuned by cultural norms and, as a result, the readiness with which the instrumental or conventional lenses are used to view behavior differs across cultures. We present evidence for this possibility from cross-cultural work examining children's imitation and innovation.

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