Liane Gabora, University of British Columbia
Associate Professor
Psychology
Vancouver, British Columbia
liane.gabora@ubc.ca
Office:
(250) 763-7971
(250) 807-9849
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Bio/Research
The overarching goal of my research is to develop a coherent theory of the process by which culture evolves. I aim to bring forward a theoretical framework for cultural evolution that is as sound as our theoretical framework for biological evolution, and apply it to the tasks of reconstructing ou...
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Bio/Research
The overarching goal of my research is to develop a coherent theory of the process by which culture evolves. I aim to bring forward a theoretical framework for cultural evolution that is as sound as our theoretical framework for biological evolution, and apply it to the tasks of reconstructing our past, exploring possible futures, and furthering human wellbeing. A major component of this interdisciplinary enterprise involves explicating the mechanisms underlying creativity and how the complexity and creativity of the human mind came about. The methods used by my students and I to gain insight into cultural evolution and the creative process include mathematical and computational modelling, as well as human experiments
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