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When instrumental inference hides behind seemingly arbitrary conventions

The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2022-01, Vol.45, p.e256-e256, Article e256 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press ;Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;ISSN: 0140-525X ;EISSN: 1469-1825 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X22001340

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  • Title:
    When instrumental inference hides behind seemingly arbitrary conventions
  • Author: Dubourg, Edgar ; Fitouchi, Léo ; Baumard, Nicolas
  • Subjects: Etiquette ; Football ; Humanities and Social Sciences ; Open Peer Commentary ; Skills ; Social Anthropology and ethnology
  • Is Part Of: The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2022-01, Vol.45, p.e256-e256, Article e256
  • Description: We review recent evidence that game rules, rules of etiquette, and supernatural beliefs, that the authors see as “ritualistic” conventions, are in fact shaped by instrumental inference. In line with such examples, we contend that cultural practices that may appear, from the outside, to be devoid of instrumental utility, could in fact be selectively acquired and preserved because of their perceived utility.
  • Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0140-525X
    EISSN: 1469-1825
    DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X22001340
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    HAL SHS: Archive ouverte en Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (Open Access)
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