Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 373-393 , September 2002

Cost–benefit analysis of social/cultural learning in a nonstationary uncertain environment: An evolutionary simulation and an experiment with human subjects

Received 14 January 2002 ,Accepted 10 April 2002.

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Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 373-393 , September 2002