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Uncontrolled corpus composition drives an apparent surge in cognitive distortions

Year: 2021

Type: letter

Abstract: Humans become increasingly fragile as they age. We show that something similar may happen to states, although for states, the risk of termination levels off as they grow older, allowing some to persist for millennia. Proximate causes of their ...How states and great powers rise and fall is an intriguing enigma of human history. Are there any patterns? Do polities become more vulnerable over time as they age? We analyze longevity in hundreds of premodern states using survival analysis to help ...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115010118

Authors: Benjamin Schmidt, Steven T. Piantadosi, Kyle Mahowald

Institutions: New York University, University of California, Berkeley, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3210728678

Cites: 3

Cited by: 35

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