What do we learn from whom? an ingroup learning bias for the subjective and its implications for culture

Some types of cultural content flow between cultures, while others do not. Here I provide an answer to the question “what do we learn from whom?” and in doing so, identify a mechanism that may help explain this puzzle. Two experiments provide evidence for a proclivity to learn subjective content (e....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muthukrishna, Michael
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43011