"We are one people": Group myths also draw cues from self-concept formation

Eli Elster, Luke Glowacki

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Abstract

Sijilmassi et al. suggest that group myths explaining the shared history of a people succeed and propagate by leveraging cognitive cues from fitness interdependence. We offer an alternative and mutually compatible account rooting the success of group myths in cues from a different cognitive domain: The development of self-concepts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e177
JournalThe Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume47
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2025

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Physiology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

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