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Max van der Linden1, Denny Borsboom1
1Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.a.vanderlinden@uva.nldennyborsboom@gmail.comhttp://www.uva.nl/en/profile/l/i/m.a.vanderlinden/m.a.vanderlinden.html https://dennyborsboom.com/.
Abstract:
Cognition played a pivotal role in the acceleration of technological innovation during the Industrial Revolution. Growing affluence may have provided favourable environmental conditions for a boost in cognition, enabling individuals to tackle more complex (industrial) problems. Dynamical systems thinking may provide useful tools to describe sudden transitions like the Industrial Revolution, by modelling the recursive feedback between psychology and environment.
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