TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological mechanisms for individual recognition- and anonymous-societies in humans and other animals
AU - Krupenye, Christopher
AU - Carvajal, Luz
AU - Bastos, Amalia P.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2025/4/3
Y1 - 2025/4/3
N2 - To understand the nature and evolution of different kinds of societies, we must characterize the psychological mechanisms members use to identify who belongs. Across both individual recognition- and anonymous-societies, these range from physiological responses to individuals up to powerful conceptual representations of the group that license generalization and novel predictions. Sketching these mechanisms helps us understand the transition from the individual recognition societies of our ape ancestors to uniquely human forms of anonymous society.
AB - To understand the nature and evolution of different kinds of societies, we must characterize the psychological mechanisms members use to identify who belongs. Across both individual recognition- and anonymous-societies, these range from physiological responses to individuals up to powerful conceptual representations of the group that license generalization and novel predictions. Sketching these mechanisms helps us understand the transition from the individual recognition societies of our ape ancestors to uniquely human forms of anonymous society.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X24001183
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X24001183
M3 - Review article
C2 - 40176437
AN - SCOPUS:105002833489
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 48
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e65
ER -