Cultural innovation is not only a product of cognition but also of cultural context

Yotam Ben-Oren; Erella Hovers; Oren Kolodny; Nicole Creanza

doi:10.1017/s0140525x2400089x

Cultural innovation is not only a product of cognition but also of cultural context

Yotam Ben-Oren^*
, Erella Hovers
, Oren Kolodny
, Nicole Creanza^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Innovations, such as symbolic artifacts, are a product of cognitive abilities but also of cultural context. Factors that may determine the emergence and retention of an innovation include the population's pre-existing cultural repertoire, exposure to relevant ways of thinking, and the invention's utility. Thus, we suggest that the production of symbolic artifacts is not guaranteed even in cognitively advanced societies.

Original language	English
Article number	e4
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x2400089x
State	Published - 14 Jan 2025

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