Cross-Cultural Differences in Emotional Selection on Transmission of Information
Research on cultural transmission among Americans has established a bias for transmitting stories that have disgusting elements (such as exposure to rats and maggots). Conceived of as a cultural evolutionary force, this phenomenon is one type of emotional selection. In a series of online studies wit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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| In: |
Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 122-143 |
| Further subjects: | B
cultural differences
cultural evolution
cultural transmission
disgust
emotional selection
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Publisher) |
