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New Study Highlights How Ritualized Learning Preserves Traditional Artistic Mastery
New Study Highlights How Ritualized Learning Preserves Traditional Artistic Mastery

A study of 262 miniature artists in Jaipur shows how structured apprenticeship, ritual practice, and gradual permission to innovate help preserve artistic skill and cultural meaning across generations.

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ScienceSitesMay 29, 2026Artistic Activity and Training
New Documentary Brings Jaipur’s Miniature-Painting Traditions to the Screen
New Documentary Brings Jaipur’s Miniature-Painting Traditions to the Screen

A CACS documentary explores how artists in Jaipur transmit miniature-painting skills, cultural knowledge, and spiritual traditions across generations.

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ScienceSitesMay 28, 2026Artistic Activity and Training
Faiz Hashmi Receives CES 2024 Presentation Award
Faiz Hashmi Receives CES 2024 Presentation Award

Faiz Hashmi received a Cultural Evolution Society award for his presentation on ritualization and the transmission of mastery in Indian miniature painting.

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ScienceSitesMay 27, 2026Artistic Activity and Training
Art Seeking Understanding Project Featured in New Edited Volume
Art Seeking Understanding Project Featured in New Edited Volume

A new book chapter shares lessons from the team’s research on artistic training, spiritualization, and cultural transmission among miniature painters in Jaipur.

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ScienceSitesMay 26, 2026Artistic Activity and Training
Culture of Schooling Expands Cross-Cultural Analysis to 16 Sites
Culture of Schooling Expands Cross-Cultural Analysis to 16 Sites

The Culture of Schooling team completed a major revision of its cross-cultural analysis, adding Hadza data from Tanzania and refining models of children’s literacy and numeracy across 16 sites.

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ScienceSitesMay 22, 2026Culture of Schooling
New Study Examines How Science Reasoning Develops Across 16 Countries
New Study Examines How Science Reasoning Develops Across 16 Countries

The Culture of Schooling team is developing a preregistered cross-national study of the developmental trajectories of science-reasoning skills across 16 countries.

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ScienceSitesMay 21, 2026Culture of Schooling
New Paper Compares Collective Intelligence in Rats and Roaches
New Paper Compares Collective Intelligence in Rats and Roaches

A new Royal Society paper develops a comparative framework for understanding how rats and cockroaches achieve collective intelligence through different cognitive and social mechanisms.

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ScienceSitesMay 15, 2026Collective Intelligence Rats Roaches
NSF-Funded ACCEL Network Expands Global Collaboration on Learning
NSF-Funded ACCEL Network Expands Global Collaboration on Learning

The ACCEL network is connecting researchers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners across countries to develop culturally grounded approaches to learning and development.

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ScienceSitesMay 8, 2026Cultures of Learning
ACCEL Welcomes New Partners to Its Global Learning Network
ACCEL Welcomes New Partners to Its Global Learning Network

ACCEL is inviting researchers and organizations to explore opportunities to contribute to its interdisciplinary global network.

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ScienceSitesMay 7, 2026Cultures of Learning
Cultures of Learning: Brazil Conference (November 2025)
Cultures of Learning: Brazil Conference (November 2025)

A November 2025 convening in Brazil brought together diverse stakeholders to develop systems-level approaches to education and well-being in chronic stress environments.

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ScienceSitesMay 6, 2026Cultures of Learning
India Workshop Bridges Education, Health, and the Science of Learning
India Workshop Bridges Education, Health, and the Science of Learning

A February-March 2026 workshop convened leaders across sectors to redesign behavioral change initiatives around learning processes, cultural context, and long-term capability building.

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ScienceSitesMay 5, 2026Cultures of Learning
Early Findings Show How Exhibit Signage Supports Shared Learning
Early Findings Show How Exhibit Signage Supports Shared Learning

Early Thinkery Connect findings show how exhibit signage can support parent-child interaction and children’s learning in museums.

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ScienceSitesApril 22, 2026Thinkery Connect
Learning to Innovate Launches Eight-Site Study of Children’s Tool Innovation
Learning to Innovate Launches Eight-Site Study of Children’s Tool Innovation

The Learning to Innovate project is building the first systematic cross-cultural study of how cognitive development and educational experience support children’s tool innovation.

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ScienceSitesApril 16, 2026Learning to Innovate
Learning to Innovate Featured at Stanford MAGIC Network Workshop
Learning to Innovate Featured at Stanford MAGIC Network Workshop

Cristine Legare presented Learning to Innovate at Stanford’s MAGIC Network Workshop, connecting the project to broader efforts to measure inquiry and curiosity across learning contexts.

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ScienceSitesApril 15, 2026Learning to Innovate
Cristine Legare Discusses Interdisciplinary Innovation on Change Technically
Cristine Legare Discusses Interdisciplinary Innovation on Change Technically

Cristine Legare joined the Change Technically podcast to discuss how intellectual openness and cross-disciplinary collaboration can advance science and practice.

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ScienceSitesApril 14, 2026Learning to Innovate
Formal Education and Cultural Variations in Social Transmission
Formal Education and Cultural Variations in Social Transmission

This analysis examines how education and caregiver teaching practices shape variation in imitation and teaching across diverse cultural settings.

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ScienceSitesMarch 24, 2026EvoLearn
Caregiver Teaching Practices and Children’s Imitative Fidelity: A Cross-Cultural Study
Caregiver Teaching Practices and Children’s Imitative Fidelity: A Cross-Cultural Study

An undergraduate honors thesis poster compared caregiver teaching and children’s imitation across Austin and Waorani, Ecuador, field sites.

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ScienceSitesMarch 23, 2026EvoLearn
New Study Highlights How Community Health Workers’ Lived Experiences Shape Maternal Health Behaviors
New Study Highlights How Community Health Workers’ Lived Experiences Shape Maternal Health Behaviors

A study in rural Bihar finds that community health workers’ own biomedical and traditional maternal-health practices are associated with the practices of the women they support.

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ScienceSitesMarch 14, 2026Ritual Healthcare Provider Behavior
New Study Highlights How Culture, Education, and Community Health Workers Shape Maternal Nutrition
New Study Highlights How Culture, Education, and Community Health Workers Shape Maternal Nutrition

A mixed-methods study in rural Bihar highlights education, food beliefs, and community health worker support as key influences on nutrition during pregnancy and after childbirth.

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ScienceSitesMarch 12, 2026Ritual Healthcare Provider Behavior
New Study Highlights How Community Health Workers and Traditional Birth Attendants Work Together
New Study Highlights How Community Health Workers and Traditional Birth Attendants Work Together

A mixed-methods study shows how ASHAs and traditional birth attendants play complementary roles across pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum care in rural Bihar.

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ScienceSitesMarch 11, 2026Ritual Healthcare Provider Behavior

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Department of Psychology
Population Research Center
The University of Texas at Austin

 
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