Cooperation, behavioural synchrony and status in social networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 308, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-95

  Dávid Barrett, Tamás ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community coordination; Multi level societies; Personal network size; Social inequality; Social status

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COOPERATION; COST; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84862319346     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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