Reply to ‘Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission’

Alberto Acerbi; Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen; Daniel B. M. Haun; Claudio Tennie

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-30382-0

Scientific Reports (Sep 2018)

Reply to ‘Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission’

Alberto Acerbi,
Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen,
Daniel B. M. Haun,
Claudio Tennie

Affiliations

Alberto Acerbi: Eindhoven University of Technology, School of Innovation Sciences
Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen: University of St Andrews, School of Psychology & Neuroscience, Westburn Lane
Daniel B. M. Haun: University of Leipzig, Department of Early Child Development and Culture and Leipzig Research Center for Early Child Development, Jahnallee 59
Claudio Tennie: Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30382-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

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Abstract In the Smaldino et al. study ‘Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission’, our original findings regarding the conditional validity of using population-level sigmoidal acquisition curves as means to evidence individual-level conformity are contested. We acknowledge the identification of useful nuances, yet conclude that our original findings remain relevant for the study of conformist learning mechanisms. Replying to: Smaldino, P. E., Aplin, L. M. & Farine, D. R. Sigmoidal Acquisition Curves Are Good Indicators of Conformist Transmission. Sci. Rep. 8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30248-5 (2018).

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ISSN: 2045-2322 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/srep/

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