Kevin Laland
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1.
Laland K, Seed A
Annu Rev Psychol
. 2021 Jan;
72:689-716.
PMID: 33400565
Humanity has regarded itself as intellectually superior to other species for millennia, yet human cognitive uniqueness remains poorly understood. Here, we evaluate candidate traits plausibly underlying our distinctive cognition (including...
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Clark A, Deffner D, Laland K, Odling-Smee J, Endler J
Am Nat
. 2019 Dec;
195(1):16-30.
PMID: 31868536
Consideration of the properties of the sources of selection potentially helps biologists account for variation in selection. Here we explore how the variability of natural selection is affected by organisms...
3.
Laland K, Odling-Smee J, Endler J
Interface Focus
. 2017 Aug;
7(5):20160147.
PMID: 28839920
Organisms modify and choose components of their local environments. This 'niche construction' can alter ecological processes, modify natural selection and contribute to inheritance through ecological legacies. Here, we propose that...
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Laland K, Matthews B, Feldman M
Evol Ecol
. 2016 Jul;
30:191-202.
PMID: 27429507
Niche construction refers to the modification of selective environments by organisms. Theoretical and empirical studies of niche construction are increasing in importance as foci in evolutionary ecology. This special edition...
5.
Laland K, Wilkins C, Clayton N
Curr Biol
. 2016 Jan;
26(1):R5-9.
PMID: 26766235
Evidence from multiple sources reveals a surprising link between imitation and dance. As in the classical correspondence problem central to imitation research, dance requires mapping across sensory modalities and the...
6.
Whalen A, Laland K
J Theor Biol
. 2015 Jul;
380:542-9.
PMID: 26135406
In this paper we explore how the structure of a population can differentially influence the spread of novel behaviors, depending on the learning strategy of each individual. We use a...
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Whalen A, Cownden D, Laland K
Anim Cogn
. 2015 May;
18(5):1093-103.
PMID: 26006723
Previous empirical work on animal social learning has found that many species lack the ability to learn entire action sequences solely through reliance on social information. Conversely, acquiring action sequences...
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Laland K, Uller T, Feldman M, Sterelny K, Muller G, Moczek A, et al.
Nature
. 2014 Oct;
514(7521):161-4.
PMID: 25297418
No abstract available.
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Laland K, Odling-Smee J, Turner S
J Physiol
. 2014 Mar;
592(11):2413-22.
PMID: 24591574
The architects of the Modern Synthesis viewed development as an unfolding of a form already latent in the genes. However, developing organisms play a far more active, constructive role in...
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Ehn M, Laland K
J Theor Biol
. 2012 Feb;
301:103-11.
PMID: 22365918
The demographic and ecological success of our species is frequently attributed to our capacity for cumulative culture. However, it is not yet known how humans combine social and asocial learning...