RT Journal Article
T1 A critical review of Dunbar's social brain hypothesis
T2 Una revisión crítica de la hipótesis del cerebro social de Dunbar
A1 Acedo-Carmona, Cristina
A1 Gomila Benejam, Antoni
K1 Edad e inteligencia
K1 Cerebro
AB Dunbar’s social brain hypothesis constitutes an influential position among those that relate the evolution of human cognition and sociality. In this work, we first present the essentials of the theory and discuss the paleoanthropological and social evidence claimed to support it. We also point out its shortcomings, which have to do with the general strategy of finding linear relations among different traits, the lack of attention to the mental capacities that make human social life possible, and the diversity of social relations and structures that take place. We put forward our way of complementing Dunbar’s approach by focusing on the role of trust in cementing society and explaining diversity.
PB Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC)
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33150
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33150
LA eng
NO Acedo-Carmona, C. and A. Gomila. 2016. "A critical review of Dunbar's social brain hypothesis". Revista Internacional de Sociología 74(3): e037. doi https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2016.74.3.037
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia: Beca FPUMinisterio de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología: Proyectos FFI2010-20759 y FFI2013-44007-PUniversidad de las Islas BalearesCristina Acedo Carmona was supported by a Ph.D. fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education (AP2009-3369).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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