International audienceI applaud Singh's proposition to use evolutionary psychology to explain the recurrence of shamanistic beliefs. Here, I suggest that evolutionary mechanisms (i.e., life history theory) also can explain the variability of the distribution of shamanism. When resources are abundant, individuals become more patient and more open minded to the point that science becomes cognitively attractive and may replace magic
Evolutionary theory has been employed to explain psychological and social phenomena for over a hundr...
The last quarter century has seen a renaissance of the proposal that the processes Darwin put forth ...
The term 'life-history theory' (LHT) is increasingly often invoked in psychology, as a framework for...
Background: Evolutionary research on drug abuse has hitherto been restricted to proximate studies...
Singh proposes a cultural evolutionary theory of shamanic practices, including trance. We argue that...
Our species-unique capacity for cumulative culture relies on a complex interplay between social and ...
Singh’s analysis of shamanism is regarded as a contribution to the evolutionary study of healing en...
Why evolutionary psychology now? There is a number of answers to this question. The first and the mo...
To begin with, a hypothesis is made regarding the possibility of treating imitation as a key mechani...
Religiosity—belief in supernatural beings—is culturally universal, thus quite likely part of univers...
The three pieces collectively address the universal human challenge of psychosocial behaviour and di...
This chapter critically analyzes evolutionary epistemology as a theoretical framework for the study ...
Has the emergence of evolutionary psychology had an increasing impact on personality and social psyc...
Singh's cultural evolutionary theory posits that methods of inducing shamanic altered states of cons...
‘Shamanism’ is a problematic and contested concept. After Westerners first heard the term in Siberia...
Evolutionary theory has been employed to explain psychological and social phenomena for over a hundr...
The last quarter century has seen a renaissance of the proposal that the processes Darwin put forth ...
The term 'life-history theory' (LHT) is increasingly often invoked in psychology, as a framework for...
Background: Evolutionary research on drug abuse has hitherto been restricted to proximate studies...
Singh proposes a cultural evolutionary theory of shamanic practices, including trance. We argue that...
Our species-unique capacity for cumulative culture relies on a complex interplay between social and ...
Singh’s analysis of shamanism is regarded as a contribution to the evolutionary study of healing en...
Why evolutionary psychology now? There is a number of answers to this question. The first and the mo...
To begin with, a hypothesis is made regarding the possibility of treating imitation as a key mechani...
Religiosity—belief in supernatural beings—is culturally universal, thus quite likely part of univers...
The three pieces collectively address the universal human challenge of psychosocial behaviour and di...
This chapter critically analyzes evolutionary epistemology as a theoretical framework for the study ...
Has the emergence of evolutionary psychology had an increasing impact on personality and social psyc...
Singh's cultural evolutionary theory posits that methods of inducing shamanic altered states of cons...
‘Shamanism’ is a problematic and contested concept. After Westerners first heard the term in Siberia...
Evolutionary theory has been employed to explain psychological and social phenomena for over a hundr...
The last quarter century has seen a renaissance of the proposal that the processes Darwin put forth ...
The term 'life-history theory' (LHT) is increasingly often invoked in psychology, as a framework for...
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