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Perspective-taking and memory capacity predict social network size

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Human social networks typically consist of a hierarchically organized series of grouping levels. There is, however, considerable variation between individuals in the sizes of any given network layer. We test between two possible factors (memory capacity and theory of mind) that might limit the size of two different levels within human social networks (support cliques and sympathy groups). We show that the size of an individual's support clique (the number of individual's in the innermost circ...

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"University of Liverpool"
Department:
British Academy Centenary Research Project,School of Biological Sciences
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"University of Liverpool"
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British Academy Centenary Research Project,School of Biological Sciences
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Dunbar, R
Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
Social Networks Journal website
Volume:
29
Issue:
1
Pages:
93-104
Publication date:
2007-01-01
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0378-8733
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English
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ora:3186
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2010-01-06

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