David Schultner, Lucas Molleman, Björn Lindström, Reward is enough for social learning, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 29, Issue 9, 2025, Pages 787-789, 10.1016/j.tics.2025.06.012.
Adaptive behaviour relies on selective social learning, yet the mechanisms underlying this capacity remain debated. A new account demonstrates that key strategies can emerge through reward-based learning of social features, explaining the widely observed flexibility of social learning and illuminating the cognitive basis of cultural evolution.