Academic
Verpooten, J., Delcourt, S., & Dewitte, S. (in press). Do prestige and animacy matter to art experts? Exploring social learning, signaling, perceptual, and cognitive explanations. Empirical Studies of the Arts
Verpooten, J. (in press). Signaling and the cultural evolution of art. In: Tehrani, J., Kendal, J., Kendal, R. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution, Oxford University Press.
Verpooten, J., & Eens, M. (2021). Singing is not associated with social complexity across species. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, E92. doi:10.1017/S0140525X20001120
Verpooten, J. (2021). Complex vocal learning and three-dimensional mating environments. Biology & Philosophy 36, 12. doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09786-2
De Tiège, A., Verpooten, J., & Braeckman, J. (2021). From animal signals to art: Manipulative animal signaling and the evolutionary foundations of aesthetic behavior and art production. Quarterly Review of Biology. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713210
Verpooten J (2020). RICHARD O. PRUM, The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (313) DOI: 10.1007/s40656-020-00313-2
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Verpooten J (2019). Vocal learning and the dimensionality of the mating environment. OSF Preprints. DOI:10.31219/osf.io/hkzru
Verpooten J (2018). Expertise affects aesthetic evolution. Evidence from artistic fieldwork and psychological experiments. In: Kapoula, Z., Volle, E., Renoult, J., Andreatta, M (eds) Exploring Transdisciplinarity in Art and Science, Art, Aesthetics, Creativity and Science book series, Springer.
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Verpooten J, Dewitte S (2017) The Conundrum Of Modern Art: Prestige Driven Coevolutionary Aesthetics Trumps Evolutionary Aesthetics Among Art Experts. Human Nature 28, 1, 16–38.
featured in the press: Psypost / NYMag / Forbes / ArtNews / The Art Market Monitor
Link
Verpooten, J. (2015). Art and signaling in a cultural species (doctoral dissertation). KU Leuven, Leuven & University of Antwerp, Antwerp
Hodgson D, Verpooten J (2015) The Evolutionary Significance of the Arts: Exploring the Byproduct Hypothesis in the Context of Ritual, Precursors, and Cultural Evolution. Biological Theory 10, 1, 73-85.
Link
Verpooten J, Joye Y (2014) Evolutionary interactions between human biology and architecture: insights from signaling theory and a cross-species comparative approach. In: Csibra G, Richerson P, Pléh C (eds) Naturalistic Approaches to Culture. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, pp 201 - 221.
Link
Joye Y, Verpooten J (2013) An exploration of the functions of religious monumental architecture from a Darwinian perspective. Review of General Psychology, 53-68.
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Verpooten J (2013) Extending Literary Darwinism: culture and alternatives to adaptation. Scientific Studies of Literature 3 (1): 19-27.
Link
Verpooten J (2012) Brian Boyd's Evolutionary Account of Art: Fiction or Future? Biological Theory, 6, 2, 176-183
Link
Verpooten J, Nelissen M (2012) Sensory exploitation: underestimated in the evolution of art as once in sexual selection? In: Plaisance KS, Reydon TAC (eds) Philosophy of Behavioral Biology, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 282, 4, 189-216
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Verpooten J, Nelissen M (2010) Sensory exploitation and cultural transmission: the late emergence of iconic representations in human evolution. Theory in Biosciences 129 (2-3): 211 - 221.
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Aureli F, Schaffner CM, Verpooten J, Slater K, Ramos‐Fernandez G (2006) Raiding parties of male spider monkeys: insights into human warfare? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131: 486 – 497.
Schaffner C, Verpooten J, Aureli F (2003) The behavioral consequences of fusion in a wild group of spider monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 60: 140‐141.
Verpooten, J. (in press). Signaling and the cultural evolution of art. In: Tehrani, J., Kendal, J., Kendal, R. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution, Oxford University Press.
Verpooten, J., & Eens, M. (2021). Singing is not associated with social complexity across species. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, E92. doi:10.1017/S0140525X20001120
Verpooten, J. (2021). Complex vocal learning and three-dimensional mating environments. Biology & Philosophy 36, 12. doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09786-2
De Tiège, A., Verpooten, J., & Braeckman, J. (2021). From animal signals to art: Manipulative animal signaling and the evolutionary foundations of aesthetic behavior and art production. Quarterly Review of Biology. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713210
Verpooten J (2020). RICHARD O. PRUM, The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (313) DOI: 10.1007/s40656-020-00313-2
LINK
Verpooten J (2019). Vocal learning and the dimensionality of the mating environment. OSF Preprints. DOI:10.31219/osf.io/hkzru
Verpooten J (2018). Expertise affects aesthetic evolution. Evidence from artistic fieldwork and psychological experiments. In: Kapoula, Z., Volle, E., Renoult, J., Andreatta, M (eds) Exploring Transdisciplinarity in Art and Science, Art, Aesthetics, Creativity and Science book series, Springer.
Link
Verpooten J, Dewitte S (2017) The Conundrum Of Modern Art: Prestige Driven Coevolutionary Aesthetics Trumps Evolutionary Aesthetics Among Art Experts. Human Nature 28, 1, 16–38.
featured in the press: Psypost / NYMag / Forbes / ArtNews / The Art Market Monitor
Link
Verpooten, J. (2015). Art and signaling in a cultural species (doctoral dissertation). KU Leuven, Leuven & University of Antwerp, Antwerp
Hodgson D, Verpooten J (2015) The Evolutionary Significance of the Arts: Exploring the Byproduct Hypothesis in the Context of Ritual, Precursors, and Cultural Evolution. Biological Theory 10, 1, 73-85.
Link
Verpooten J, Joye Y (2014) Evolutionary interactions between human biology and architecture: insights from signaling theory and a cross-species comparative approach. In: Csibra G, Richerson P, Pléh C (eds) Naturalistic Approaches to Culture. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, pp 201 - 221.
Link
Joye Y, Verpooten J (2013) An exploration of the functions of religious monumental architecture from a Darwinian perspective. Review of General Psychology, 53-68.
Link
Verpooten J (2013) Extending Literary Darwinism: culture and alternatives to adaptation. Scientific Studies of Literature 3 (1): 19-27.
Link
Verpooten J (2012) Brian Boyd's Evolutionary Account of Art: Fiction or Future? Biological Theory, 6, 2, 176-183
Link
Verpooten J, Nelissen M (2012) Sensory exploitation: underestimated in the evolution of art as once in sexual selection? In: Plaisance KS, Reydon TAC (eds) Philosophy of Behavioral Biology, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 282, 4, 189-216
Link
Verpooten J, Nelissen M (2010) Sensory exploitation and cultural transmission: the late emergence of iconic representations in human evolution. Theory in Biosciences 129 (2-3): 211 - 221.
Link
Aureli F, Schaffner CM, Verpooten J, Slater K, Ramos‐Fernandez G (2006) Raiding parties of male spider monkeys: insights into human warfare? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131: 486 – 497.
Schaffner C, Verpooten J, Aureli F (2003) The behavioral consequences of fusion in a wild group of spider monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 60: 140‐141.
Public
Verpooten J (2016) Conversations on evolutionary biology and the arts. In: Vergaert F (ed) CONNECT, Lokaal 01, Gianotten Printed Media, Tilburg, 140-141
Verpooten J (2013) When Art Imitates Life: Universal Aesthetic Preferences For Natural Elements And Their Evolutionary Origins. In: Knížák M (ed) So simple, so beautiful, so perfect: book on Ahae
Verpooten J (2010) Why art is not an adaptation but nonetheless a necessary outcome of evolution. In: Crouwers A, The Cover Mountain, Demian press.
In Dutch
Verpooten J (2013) De onvergankelijkheid van kunst vanuit Darwinistisch perspectief. In: Verschelden C (ed) What Matters - Waar het op aan komt, Catalogus Triënnale Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis Duffel, 78 -88.
Verpooten J (2011) Evolutie van fictie: culturele exaptatie van sociale cognitie. In: Hakemulder F (ed) De stralende lezer, Wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar de invloed van het lezen, Stichting Lezen reeks 17, Eburon, Delft, pp 201 - 230.
Samenvatting / Link
Verpooten J (2011) Kunst en het evolutionaire proces: het belang van spandrels en exaptaties. Deus ex Machina 137: 46-52.
Joye Y, Verpooten J (2010) Architectuur als spiegel van de menselijke natuur: het verklarende en creatieve potentieel van de evolutietheorie voor architectuur. TOPOS (Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen) 19 (2): 36 – 39.
Link
Verpooten J (2009) (De kunst van [de wetenschap) van de kunst]. In: Lokaal 01 2008: 2-11.
Verpooten J (2008) Art Observation Post. In: De Canvascollectie, Uw kunst in beeld. Lannoo: 251
Verpooten J, Mortier J (2008) Over vreemde vogels en andere kunstenaars. <H>ART 32.
Verpooten J (2013) When Art Imitates Life: Universal Aesthetic Preferences For Natural Elements And Their Evolutionary Origins. In: Knížák M (ed) So simple, so beautiful, so perfect: book on Ahae
Verpooten J (2010) Why art is not an adaptation but nonetheless a necessary outcome of evolution. In: Crouwers A, The Cover Mountain, Demian press.
In Dutch
Verpooten J (2013) De onvergankelijkheid van kunst vanuit Darwinistisch perspectief. In: Verschelden C (ed) What Matters - Waar het op aan komt, Catalogus Triënnale Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis Duffel, 78 -88.
Verpooten J (2011) Evolutie van fictie: culturele exaptatie van sociale cognitie. In: Hakemulder F (ed) De stralende lezer, Wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar de invloed van het lezen, Stichting Lezen reeks 17, Eburon, Delft, pp 201 - 230.
Samenvatting / Link
Verpooten J (2011) Kunst en het evolutionaire proces: het belang van spandrels en exaptaties. Deus ex Machina 137: 46-52.
Joye Y, Verpooten J (2010) Architectuur als spiegel van de menselijke natuur: het verklarende en creatieve potentieel van de evolutietheorie voor architectuur. TOPOS (Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen) 19 (2): 36 – 39.
Link
Verpooten J (2009) (De kunst van [de wetenschap) van de kunst]. In: Lokaal 01 2008: 2-11.
Verpooten J (2008) Art Observation Post. In: De Canvascollectie, Uw kunst in beeld. Lannoo: 251
Verpooten J, Mortier J (2008) Over vreemde vogels en andere kunstenaars. <H>ART 32.
