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Elena Miu

Observed name: Miu, Elena
Institution: Aarhus University
ORCID: 0000-0002-0846-2491
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-0846-2491
OpenAlex ID: A5011404995
Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests
2018 · Elena Miu, Ned Gulley, et al. · Nature Communications · 54
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Flexible learning, rather than inveterate innovation or copying, drives cumulative knowledge gain
2020 · Elena Miu, Ned Gulley, et al. · Science Advances · 37
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Cultural adaptation is maximised when intelligent individuals rarely think for themselves
2020 · Elena Miu, Thomas J. H. Morgan · Evolutionary Human Sciences · 8
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The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity
2024 · Elena Miu, Luke Rendell, et al. · PLoS Computational Biology · 6
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A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation
2024 · Roope O. Kaaronen, Matthew J. Walsh, et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 5
Female friendship and the cultural transmission of low-fertility values: Evidence from rural Poland
2025 · Elena Miu, Heidi Colleran · PNAS Nexus · 2
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Childhood exploration drives population-level innovation in cultural evolution
2025 · Elena Miu, Marc Malmdorf Andersen, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2
The relationship between childhood exploration and population-level innovation in cultural evolution
2026 · Elena Miu, Marc Malmdorf Andersen, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1
The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: collective improvement in knowledge favors conformity, blind copying and hyper-credulity
2024 · Elena Miu, Luke Rendell, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 1
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A theory limited in scope and evidence
2020 · Elena Miu, Robert Boyd, et al. · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1
Understanding human culture : theoretical and experimental studies of cumulative culture
2017 · Elena Miu · St Andrews Research Repository (St Andrews Research Repository) · 1
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Playing at scale: a long-term population perspective on the relationship between play and innovation
2026 · Annemieke Milks, Bruce Rawlings, et al. · PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints)
Playing at scale: a long-term population perspective on the relationship between play and innovation
2026 · Elena Miu, Marc Malmdorf Andersen, et al.
Playing at scale: a long-term population perspective on the relationship between play and innovation
2026 · Elena Miu, Marc Malmdorf Andersen, et al.
Collective creativity in hybrid societies
2026 · Youngblood, Mason, Mudd, Katie, et al. · arXiv (Cornell University)
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A cultural evolutionary approach to organising academic meetings
2026 · Friederike Hillemann, Elena Miu, et al.
A cultural evolutionary approach to organising academic meetings
2026 · Friederike Hillemann, Elena Miu, et al.
Peer cultures in long-term cultural evolution
2026 · Elena Miu, Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer, et al. · Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Author response for "The relationship between childhood exploration and population-level innovation in cultural evolution"
2025 · Elena Miu, Marc Malmdorf Andersen, et al. · Publons reviews and discussion
Author response for "The relationship between childhood exploration and population-level innovation in cultural evolution"
2025 · Elena Miu, Marc Malmdorf Andersen, et al. · Publons reviews and discussion
Author response for "The relationship between childhood exploration and population-level innovation in cultural evolution"
2025 · Elena Miu, Marc Malmdorf Andersen, et al. · Publons reviews and discussion
4. Research Methods
2025 · Elena Miu · Open Book Publishers
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Works count: 32
Citation count: 118
H-index: 5
I10-index: 2
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