▁and ▁Rich erson ▁( 1 9 8 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 ) ▁suggest ▁that ▁our ▁minds ▁consist ▁of ▁psych ological ▁mechan isms ▁which ▁direct ▁our ▁attention ▁to ▁and ▁im itate ▁cultural ▁tra its ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁that ▁trait , ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁it , ▁who ▁car ries ▁it , ▁etc . ▁In ▁this ▁way , ▁cultural ▁evolution ▁may ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁particular ▁kind ▁of ▁“ scal ing ▁up ” ▁from ▁the ▁individual - level ▁processes ▁to ▁population - level ▁ones . ▁In ▁neither ▁account ▁of ▁culture ▁is ▁the ▁mind ▁a ▁blank ▁sl ate ▁or ▁empty ▁bin ▁for ▁cultural ▁material ▁( To oby ▁and ▁Cos m ides , ▁ 1 9 9 2 ). ▁Some ▁evolution ary ▁psych olog ists ▁have ▁suggested ▁that ▁cult ur ally - trans m itted ▁culture ▁may ▁pass ▁through ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁l enses ▁and ▁filters ▁sh aped ▁by ▁natural ▁selection ▁to ▁catch ▁fit ness - re levant ▁information ▁and ▁behav iors ; ▁these ▁filters ▁may ▁change ▁due ▁to ▁local ▁environmental ▁conditions , ▁sex , ▁and ▁other ▁factors ▁( G ang est ad ▁et ▁al ., ▁ 2 0 0 6 ). ▁Bo yer ▁( 2 0 0 0 ) ▁argued ▁that ▁evolution ary ▁psych ology , ▁and ▁anth rop ology ▁in ▁general , ▁should ▁investigate ▁how ▁these ▁cogn itive ▁pre dis pos itions ▁to ▁cultural ▁material ▁affect ▁their ▁representation ▁in ▁following ▁gener ations . ▁This ▁research ▁program ▁may ▁help ▁to ▁un ify ▁the ▁two ▁fields ▁( Bo yer , ▁ 2 0