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Edgar DUBOURG

PhD student
Cognitive Studies
ENS-PSL
Department of Cognitive Studies
Published on
16 May 2023
, updated on
16 May 2023
Dubourg
Institut Jean Nicod
RC, bureau des doctorants
29, rue d’Ulm, Paris cedex 05
Personal website

I use knowledge from the natural sciences (behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, cognitive neuroscience) and the humanities (literary theory, literary history, cultural studies), as well as computational and experimental methods, to explain the psychological underpinnings and cultural evolution of fiction.

Publications

  • Dubourg, E.*, Baumard, N. (2022). Why Imaginary Worlds? The psychological foundations and cultural evolution of fictions with imaginary worlds. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. [Target Article]
  • Dubourg, E.*, Baumard, N. (2022). Why and How Did Narrative Fictions Evolve? Fictions as Entertainment Technologies. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Dubourg, E.*, Baumard, N. (2022). Imaginary Worlds through the Evolutionary Lens: Ultimate Functions, Proximate Mechanisms, Cultural Distribution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. [Response to commentaries]
  • Dubourg, E.*, André, J.-B., Baumard, N. (2021). L’origine des fictions : l’hypothèse des fonctions évolutionnaires sociales [The Origin of Fiction: The Social Evolutionary Functions Hypothesis]. Fabula LHT.
  • Dubourg, E.*, André, J.-B., Baumard, N. (2021). The Evolution of Music: One Trait, Many Ultimate-Level Explanations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. [Commentary on ‘Origins of music in credible signaling’ by Mehr et al.]
  • Dubourg, E. (2021). Les mondes imaginaires dans les fictions [Imaginary worlds in fictions]. Acta Fabula. [Commentary on Constellation. Des mondes fictionnels dans l’imaginaire contemporain, by Anne Besson]

Publications de Edgar DUBOURG