Cheater Detection is Modified by Social Rank: The Impact of Dominance on the Evolution of Cognitive Functions

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-248

  Cummins, Denise Dellarosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheater detection; Cognition; Dominance; Social norms; Violation detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000744992     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(99)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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