Does implied community size predict likeability of a similar stranger?

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-37

  Launay, Jacques ^a   Dunbar, Robin I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Evolution; Group size; Homophily; Likeability; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916623217     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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