The Biological Bases of Conformity

Humans are characterized by an extreme dependence on culturally transmitted information and recent formal theory predicts that natural selection should favour adaptive learning strategies that facilitate effective use of social information in decision making. One strategy that has attracted particul...

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Main Authors: Thomas Joshau Henry Morgan, Kevin N Laland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2012.00087/full