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    "pk": 30165,
    "title": "A methodology for distinguishing copying and reconstruction in cultural\ntransmission episodes",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Information transmission between individuals through social\nlearning is a foundational component of cultural evolution.\nHowever, how this transmission occurs is still debated. The\ncopying account draws parallels with biological mechanisms\nfor genetic inheritance, arguing that learners copy what they\nobserve as they see it. On the other hand, the reconstruction\naccount argues that learners recreate only what is relevant and\nreconstruct it using pragmatic inference, environmental and\ncontextual cues. Distinguishing these two accounts empirically\nusing typical transmission chain studies is difficult because\nthey generate overlapping predictions. In this study we present\nan innovative methodological approach that generates different\npredictions of these accounts by manipulating the task context\nbetween model and learner in a transmission episode. We\nprovide an empirical proof-of-concept showing that, when a\nmodel introduces embedded signals to their actions that are not\nintended to be transmitted, learners’ reproductions are more\nconsistent with a process of reconstruction than copying.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
        "name": "",
        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "cultural transmission; copying; reconstruction;\npedagogy;"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers accepted as Posters, appearing in proceedings only",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/38481681",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "James",
            "middle_name": "W.A.",
            "last_name": "Strachan",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Central European University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Arianna",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Curioni",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Central European University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Merryn",
            "middle_name": "D.",
            "last_name": "Constable",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northumbria University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Günther",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Knoblich",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Central European University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Mathieu",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Charbonneau",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Central European University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2020-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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