Social network architecture and the maintenance of deleterious cultural traits

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 70, 2012, Pages 848-858

  Yeaman, Sam ^a,b   Schick, Alana ^a   Lehmann, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Diffusion; Epidemic spread; Maladaptive culture; Social learning; Susceptible infected susceptible

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIFFUSION;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; EPIDEMIC SPREAD; INDIVIDUAL-BASED SIMULATIONS; NETWORK DEGREE; PERCOLATION PROCESS; RELATIVE RATES; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SUSCEPTIBLE- INFECTED-SUSCEPTIBLE;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84860721649     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0555     Document Type: Article

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