Whispering down the lane: The economics of vicarious information transfer

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-264

  De Backer, Charlotte J S ^a   Gurven, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Cooperation; Gossip; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747313223     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230601400303     Document Type: Article

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