From Karen to Katie: Using Baby Names to Understand Cultural Evolution

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1067-1073

  Berger, Jonah ^a   Bradlow, Eric T ^a   Braunstein, Alex ^b   Zhang, Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Chompcom ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

naming; social influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867651620     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612443371     Document Type: Article

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