Strategic social learning and the population dynamics of human behavior: The game of Go

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 351-357

  Beheim, Bret Alexander ^a   Thigpen, Calvin ^b   Mcelreath, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Game of go; Game theory; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905726264     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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