Original paper
Serial killers, spiders and cybersex: Social and survival information bias in the transmission of urban legends
Abstract
This study uses urban legends to examine the effects of the social information bias and survival information bias on cultural transmission across three phases of transmission: the choose‐to‐receive phase, the encode‐and‐retrieve phase, and the choose‐to‐transmit phase. In line with previous research into content biases, a linear transmission chain design with 60 participants aged 18–52 was used to examine the encode‐and‐retrieve phase, while...
Paper Details
Title
Serial killers, spiders and cybersex: Social and survival information bias in the transmission of urban legends
Published Date
Jun 27, 2014
Volume
106
Issue
2
Pages
288 - 307
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