Task-specific effects of ostracism on imitative fidelity in early childhood

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-210

  Watson Jones, Rachel E ^a   Legare, Cristine H ^a   Whitehouse, Harvey ^b   Clegg, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Cultural learning; Imitation; Ostracism; Ritual; Social convention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897962729     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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