Conformity cannot be identified based on population-level signatures
Abstract
Conformist transmission, defined as a disproportionate likelihood to copy the majority, is considered a potent mechanism underlying the emergence and stabilization of cultural diversity. However, ambiguity within and across disciplines remains as to how to identify conformist transmission empirically. In most studies, a population level outcome has been taken as the benchmark to evidence conformist transmission: a sigmoidal relation between...
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Title
Conformity cannot be identified based on population-level signatures
Published Date
Oct 31, 2016
Journal
Volume
6
Issue
1
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