The evolutionary psychology of psychology David Pietraszewski Psychological and Brain Sciences, UCSB Sciences progress when the perspective-dependence of their inquiry is taken into account and corrected for. This happened in astronomy, physics, and chemistry, but it has not yet happened in the psychological and behavioral sciences. Because human beings have no choice but to use […]
The adaptivity of children’s search processes Andreas Wilke Clarkson University, Department of Psychology Humans and other organisms must search effectively for the resources they need, whether these are physical (e.g., food or shelter) or informational (e.g., patterns in the world, or concepts stored in memory). Most human search studies have focused on brief (static) laboratory […]
Models of Collective Problem Solving: Bringing the Individual into Collective Intelligence Cody Moser Cognitive and Information Sciences, UC Merced The field of collective intelligence focuses on how group communication, interaction, and organization shape collective outcomes. Computational models of collective systems have been instrumental in identifying which structures promote optimal group performance. While these models often […]
