title: The collaborative emergence of group cognition.
abstract: We extend Smaldino's approach to collaboration and social organization in cultural evolution to include cognition. By showing how recent work on emergent group-level cognition can be incorporated within Smaldino's framework, we extend that framework's scope to encompass collaborative memory, decision making, and intelligent action. We argue that beneficial effects arise only in certain forms of cognitive interdependence, in surprisingly fragile conditions.
authors: Department of Philosophy,Villanova University,Villanova, PA 19085.georg.theiner@villanova.eduhttp://villanova.academia.edu/GeorgTheiner.
authors: Georg
authors: G
authors: Theiner
authors: Department of Cognitive Science,Macquarie University,Sydney, NSW 2109,Australia.john.sutton@mq.edu.auhttp://www.johnsutton.net.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Sutton
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D012641:Selection, Genetic