Academic
Verpooten, J., De Tiège, A. (Forthcoming). Animal Artefacts Challenge Archaeological Standards for Tracing Human Symbolic Cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rhejm (free preprint)
Verpooten, J. (2024). Behavioural ecology of sexual autonomy and the case of protection against risky courtship. Biology & Philosophy 39, 21. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-024-09963-z
https://doi.org/10.31219/OSF.IO/ADNZ5 (free preprint)
Dubourg, E., Thouzeau, V., Thomas, B., Bonard, C., Boyer, P., Clasen, M., … Verpooten, J., Zhong, Y., Baumard, N. (2024). The Cognitive Foundations of Fictional Stories. OSF preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/me6bz
Verpooten, J., Delcourt, S., & Dewitte, S. (2024). Do prestige and animacy matter to art experts? Exploring social learning, signaling, perceptual, and cognitive explanations. Empirical Studies of the Arts.
https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374231165648
Freely accessible version: https://lnkd.in/eb6m3yGt
Botchway E, Verpooten J, van der Beken I, Baršytė J, Dewitte S (2023). The Endowment Effect in the Circular Economy: Do Broken Products Face Less of a Trading Barrier Than Intact or Repaired Ones? Sustainability. 15(15):11813. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511813 (open access)
Verpooten, J. (2023). Signaling and the cultural evolution of art. In: Tehrani, J., Kendal, J., Kendal, R. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution, Oxford University Press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.43
Freely accessible version: Signalling_and_the_Cultural_Evolution_of_Art
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.
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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
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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.
Verpooten, J. (2024). Behavioural ecology of sexual autonomy and the case of protection against risky courtship. Biology & Philosophy 39, 21. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-024-09963-z
https://doi.org/10.31219/OSF.IO/ADNZ5 (free preprint)
Dubourg, E., Thouzeau, V., Thomas, B., Bonard, C., Boyer, P., Clasen, M., … Verpooten, J., Zhong, Y., Baumard, N. (2024). The Cognitive Foundations of Fictional Stories. OSF preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/me6bz
Verpooten, J., Delcourt, S., & Dewitte, S. (2024). Do prestige and animacy matter to art experts? Exploring social learning, signaling, perceptual, and cognitive explanations. Empirical Studies of the Arts.
https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374231165648
Freely accessible version: https://lnkd.in/eb6m3yGt
Botchway E, Verpooten J, van der Beken I, Baršytė J, Dewitte S (2023). The Endowment Effect in the Circular Economy: Do Broken Products Face Less of a Trading Barrier Than Intact or Repaired Ones? Sustainability. 15(15):11813. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511813 (open access)
Verpooten, J. (2023). Signaling and the cultural evolution of art. In: Tehrani, J., Kendal, J., Kendal, R. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution, Oxford University Press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.43
Freely accessible version: Signalling_and_the_Cultural_Evolution_of_Art
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.
