Citation

Wang XT, Li S, Rao LL. Behav. Brain Sci. 2014; 37(4): 437-438.

Affiliation

Institute of Psychology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101 China.lishu@psych.ac.cnraoll@psych.ac.cn.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X13003294

PMID

25162882

Abstract

Intentional change when viewed as making a risky or intertemporal choice with evolutionary relevance helps us understand its successes and its failures. To promote future-oriented ecological rationality requires establishing a linkage between nongenetic, cultural, and symbolic selections and genetic adaptations. Coupled with biophilic instinct, intentional conservation is more likely to prevail against evolved desires of environmental exploitation.

Language: en