Preprint alert! 📢 The appearance of symbolic material culture is often linked to the evolution of complex, 'modern' human minds. In a new article for BBS, I reconsider this link, and argue that modern humans needn't leave any such evidence. A thread. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Reconsidering the link between past material culture and cognition in light of contemporary hunter-gatherer material use. | Behavioral and Brain Sciences - bit.ly/4cfxUu2

There are many wonderful journals in the behavioral sciences, arguably none of which are as great as BBS: cambridge.org/core/journals/…. The journal has a unique format. A long target article written by experts in the field followed by commissioned commentaries by other experts,

BBS special issue on "Music as a coevolved system for social bonding". cambridge.org/core/journals/… Looks interesting for those seeking rigorous info on music as one part of ecology of practice for #ConsciousCollectives

New short commentary: Animal welfare science, performance metrics, and proxy failure cambridge.org/core/journals/…

An updated perspective on teleonomy | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4dD2z4X

I have a new pre-print, in response to the below BBS Article. "Myth as Model: Group-Level Interpretive Frameworks" I argue that the primary function of myth is to serve as transmitters of tacit knowledge and to provide substance for in-group analogies. osf.io/preprints/soca…

Our new Behav. Brain. Sci. commentary explains how social media exploits our predisposition to attend to threatening stimuli by promoting content in algorithms that capture attention. Yet, this content is not what people expressly state they would like to see. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Spearheaded by Tal Ivancovsky and moshe bar, our perspectice on the link between 🧩 CURIOSITY and 🧩CREATIVITY is finally out in BBS!! This was truly an exciting and thought-provoking journey. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Is a curious mind a creative mind? A Behav. Brain. Sci. target article by Tal Ivancovsky explores the curiosity-creativity link, proposing a shared basis in novelty. New commentaries further explore mind wandering, neural correlates, mood & more. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Behav. Brain. Sci. Tal Ivancovsky Dan Zeitlen from our lab wrote a commentary exploring mood regulation as a shared mechanism of curiosity and creativity. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Behav. Brain. Sci. Tal Ivancovsky Many other commentaries from Maciej Karwowski, Claire Stevenson, Yoed Kenett/tuvalraz, Mathias Benedek, Maxi Becker, Mark Runco et al.

Our new paper connecting creativity and curiosity. In the one and only BBS. Kudos to Tal Ivancovsky ❤️ and Shira Baror ❤️. Insightful commentary by many within, which is tremendously appreciated. Enjoy cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Our commentary on Ivancovsky et al. with Erik Gustafsson and EmilyBurdett is out now on Behav. Brain. Sci.! 📜shorturl.at/9I3Wa Make sure to check the great target article + 29 comments on the links between #novelty, #curiosity & #creativity 🔭

Due today: your proposal in response to our open call for comments for our most recent target article, "Structural and Cognitive Mechanisms of Group Cohesion in Primates" by Robin Dunbar Learn more on our website: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

RIP James C Scott. I'm glad I got to quote 'Seeing Like a State' in our BBS paper on proxy failure (aka Goodhart's Law). doi.org/10.1017/S01405…

External validity of social psychological experiments is a concern, but these models are useful | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3X8AU5Z