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Olivier Morin
Researcher at Max Planck Society
Publications - 38
Citations - 646
Olivier Morin is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sociocultural evolution & Cultural group selection. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 38 publications receiving 535 citations. Previous affiliations of Olivier Morin include Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research & Central European University.
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What is mirror” in the premotor cortex? A review
Olivier Morin,Julie Grèzes +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of 24 fMRI studies examining activations in the premotor cortex (Brodmann's areas 6 and 44) during passive observation of actions was presented.
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Cultural transmission and the evolution of human behaviour: a general approach based on the Price equation
TL;DR: It is argued that the nonselection components of evolutionary change are much more important for culture than for genes, and that this and other important differences from the genetic case mean that different approaches and emphases are needed for cultural than genetic processes.
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How portraits turned their eyes upon us: Visual preferences and demographic change in cultural evolution
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that the proportion of paintings that stare at the viewer grows gradually, strongly, and remains prevalent for centuries in Renaissance Europe, suggesting that it was due to the arrival of new generations of painters who acquired the new style in the years of their apprenticeship.
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Birth of the cool: a two-centuries decline in emotional expression in Anglophone fiction.
Olivier Morin,Alberto Acerbi +1 more
TL;DR: A decrease in emotionality in English-speaking literature starting plausibly in the nineteenth century is shown, and a link between ageing and negative emotionality at the individual level is found.
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Reasons to be fussy about cultural evolution.
Olivier Morin,Olivier Morin +1 more
TL;DR: This discussion paper responds to two recent articles in Biology and Philosophy that raise similar objections to cultural attraction theory, a research trend in cultural evolution putting special emphasis on the fact that human minds create and transform their culture.