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