When the transmission of culture is child's play.

BACKGROUND: Humans frequently engage in arbitrary, conventional behavior whose primary purpose is to identify with cultural in-groups. The propensity for doing so is established early in human ontogeny as children become progressively enmeshed in their own cultural milieu. This is exemplified by the...

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Main Authors: Mark Nielsen, Jessica Cucchiaro, Jumana Mohamedally
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316611?pdf=render