Prestige-biased cultural learning: bystander's differential attention to potential models influences children's learning

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-56

  Chudek, Maciej ^a   Heller, Sarah ^a   Birch, Susan ^a   Henrich, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Learning; Prestige bias; Selective imitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355166847     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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