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Problem Solving Evolution

Problem Solving Evolution is a theoretical framework within cognitive evolution that specifies the developmental trajectory and adaptive mechanisms underlying the emergence and refinement of problem-solving capabilities across species and cognitive systems.

49

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5.1K

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168

Authors

97

Institutions

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2017–2026

14

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Publications

49

The evolution of self-control

Evan L. MacLean, Brian Hare, Charles L. Nunn et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 837 citations · Full text

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Brain size predicts problem-solving ability in mammalian carnivores

Sarah Benson‐Amram, Ben Dantzer, Gregory Stricker et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 398 citations · Full text

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Innovative problem solving by wild spotted hyenas

Sarah Benson‐Amram, Kay E. Holekamp · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2012 · 291 citations · Full text

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The cooperative solving of problems by young chimpanzees

Mp Crawford · 1937 · 270 citations

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Flexibility in Problem Solving and Tool Use of Kea and New Caledonian Crows in a Multi Access Box Paradigm

Alice M. I. Auersperg, Auguste M. P. von Bayern, Gyula K. Gajdon et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 259 citations · Full text

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Authors

168

  1. JC
    Josep Call

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    4 publications · 937 citations

    4

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  2. AM
    Auguste M. P. von Bayern

    Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany

    3 publications · 338 citations

    3

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  3. AM
    Amanda M. Seed

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

    3

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  4. RD
    Russell D. Gray

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    2 publications · 184 citations

    2

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  5. AM
    Alice M. I. Auersperg

    University of Vienna, Austria

    2 publications · 314 citations

    2

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Institutions

97

  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    341 citations

  3. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    3.7K citations

  4. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    951 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    66 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of comparative psychology

    4 publications · 126 citations

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  3. Animal Cognition

    3 publications · 104 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 1.2K citations

    2

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  5. Current Anthropology

    CA · 2 publications · 348 citations

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