Conformists and mavericks: the empirics of frequency-dependent cultural transmission

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-64

  Efferson, Charles ^a,b,d   Lalive, Rafael ^b,c   Richerson, Peter J ^d   McElreath, Richard ^d   Lubell, Mark ^d  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformity; Cultural transmission; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749103689     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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