On The Genealogy Of Norms: A Case For The Role Of Emotion In Cultural Evolution*

By Shaun Nichols. Philosophia Scientiæ, 2002

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Behavioral Norms: Variants and Their Identification (2014, background): “…many etiquette rules have not survived from the 16th century into the present, but those that have survived tend to be those rooted in disgust (e.g., “urinate only in private” vs. “put your napkin over your left shoulder or forearm”; Nichols, 2002, pp. 250–251; Rozin, Haidt, &McCauley, 1993).”
A Framework for the Psychology of Norms (2006, background): “transmission of etiquette norms ( Nichols, 2002 ).”
The Innate Mind: Structure and Contents (2005, background): “InWestern European culture, sixteenth-century etiquette norms that prohibited disgusting actions were much more likely to survive than other sixteenthcentury etiquette norms (Nichols, 2002b).”
Universal cognitive mechanisms explain the cultural success of bloodletting (2015, result): “These results suggest that even among participants who have no explicit belief in the efficiency of bloodletting, the representation of this practice proves robust during transmission compared to other forms of therapies.”
Corpses, Maggots, Poodles and Rats: Emotional Selection Operating in Three Phases of Cultural Transmission of Urban Legends (2014, unknown): “In support of this notion they cited not only Heath et al. (2001) but also a study of the cultural evolution of etiquette norms by Nichols (2002).”
Towards a unified science of cultural evolution. (2006, background): “Nichols (2002) showed that disgust can also bias the vertical transmission of cultural variants.”