Neutral evolution assumes that there are no selective forces distinguishing different variants in a population. Despite this striking assumption, many recent studies have sought to assess whether neutrality can provide a good description of different episodes of cultural change. One approach has been to test whether neutral predictions are consistent with observed progeny distributions, recordi...

From the 1Jan van Breemen Institute, Centre for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Amsterdam, 2Rehabilitation Centre Heliomare, Wijk aan zee, 3Rehabilitation Centre Amsterdam, Department of Health and Behaviour, Amsterdam, 4VU University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Amsterdam, 5Centre for Rehabilitation, University Medical Centre, Groningen, 6School...

We examine the implications of IR Cohen’s ‘cognitive principle’ address of the immune system [1-3] for the HIV vaccine program. This approach takes on a special importance in the context of recent work by Nisbett et al. [4] showing clearly that central nervous system (CNS) cognition is fundamentally different for populations having different cultural systems, and in the context of a growing bod...

Whilst past research has explored the notion of co-evolution and ambidexterity in organizations, few have drawn from theoretical insights made in other domains of study such as biology and cultural evolution. This paper seeks to make a contribution towards this project, by developing an agent-based simulation model of multi-level co-evolution within an organization, with a view towards shedding...

The currect study was conducted with the aim of designing and presenting a model of measurement for cultural development in the field of citizens&rsquo innovation and cultual products. The study wasconductedwith objectives in which, indicators and components presented in UNESCO 2000 and Abdi et al. (2015) model of measurement for cultural development were presented to 34 people in the form of a...

This paper proposes a model of strategic evolution as a sequence of intentional recombinations of the company’s Core Micro-strategy with new resources and organisational routines. A Core Micro-strategy is hereby defined as the established system of interconnected routines, micro-activities and resources that can be traced in most of the company’s successful strategic initiatives. The paper is b...

Though the existence of free will seems to be a background assumption in Western life, very little research has examined the belief, and the handful of studies that have done so suggest only a modest endorsement and unclear relationships to other variables. However, methodological flaws in the earlier studies likely produced an underestimation of the strength of the belief among the general pop...

Beller, Bender, and Medin question the necessity of including social anthropology within the cognitive sciences. We argue that there is great scope for fruitful rapprochement while agreeing that there are obstacles (even if we might wish to debate some of those specifically identified by Beller and colleagues). We frame the general problem differently, however: not in terms of the problem of re...