2019

Derex, Maxime, Bonnefon, Jean-François, Boyd, Robert and Mesoudi, Alex (2019) Causal understanding is not necessary for the improvement of culturally evolving technology. Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 3 (n° 5). pp. 446-452.

2020

Derex, Maxime and Boyd, Robert (2020) Technical reasoning alone does not take humans this far. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 43.

2025

Derex, Maxime, Bonnefon, Jean-François, Boyd, Robert, McElreath, Richard and Mesoudi, Alex (2025) Social learning preserves both useful and useless theories by canalizing learners’ exploration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 292 (n°2039).