Culture: Copying, compression, and conventionality

Cognitive Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 171-183

  Tamariz, Mónica ^a   Kirby, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression; Conventionality; Cultural transmission; Imitation; Iterated learning

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84921608347     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12144     Document Type: Article

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