ArticleHuman nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.)2016
Why Go There? Evolution of Mobility and Spatial Cognition in Women and Men : An Introduction to the Special Issue.
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- Exploratory preferences explain the human fascination for imaginary worlds in fictional stories.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Navigational Experience and the Preservation of Spatial Abilities into Old Age Among a Tropical Forager-Farmer Population.Topics in cognitive science · 2023Article
- Spatial and Social Behavior of Single and Coupled Individuals of Both Sexes during COVID-19 Lockdown Regime in Russia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Gendered movement ecology and landscape use in Hadza hunter-gatherers.Nature human behaviour · 2021Article
- Social Learning and Innovation in Adolescence : A Comparative Study of Aka and Chabu Hunter-Gatherers of Central and Eastern Africa.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Cultural Change Reduces Gender Differences in Mobility and Spatial Ability among Seminomadic Pastoralist-Forager Children in Northern Namibia.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- The Effectiveness of Home-Based Training Software Designed to Influence Strategic Navigation Preferences in Healthy Subjects.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
- Sun, age and test location affect spatial orientation in human foragers in rainforests.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Adaptive Capacity: An Evolutionary Neuroscience Model Linking Exercise, Cognition, and Brain Health.Trends in neurosciences · 2017Review
- Sex differences in virtual navigation influenced by scale and navigation experience.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2017Article
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Abstract
Males in many non-monogamous species have larger ranges than females do, a sex difference that has been well documented for decades and seems to be an aspect of male mating competition. Until recently, parallel data for humans have been mostly anecdotal and qualitative, but this is now changing as human behavioral ecologists turn their attention to matters of individual mobility. Sex differences in spatial cognition were among the first accepted psychological sex differences and, like differences in ranging behavior, are documented for a growing set of species. This special issue is dedicated to exploring the possible adaptive links between these cognitive and ranging traits. Multiple hypotheses, at various levels of analysis, are considered. At the functional (ultimate) level, a mating-competition hypothesis suggests that range expansion may augment mating opportunities, and a fertility-and-parental-care hypothesis suggests that range contraction may facilitate offspring provisioning. At a more mechanistic (proximate) level, differences in cue availability may support or inhibit particular sex-specific navigation strategies, and spatial anxiety may usefully inhibit travel that would not justify its costs. Studies in four different cultures-Twe, Tsimane, Yucatec Maya, and Faroese-as well as an experimental study using virtual reality tools are the venue for testing these hypotheses. Our hope is to stimulate more research on the evolutionary and developmental processes responsible for this suite of linked behavioral and cognitive traits.
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