The Social Brain on the Internet

New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution by Oxford University

Aug 23, 201143:44Education

In primates and humans alike, the number of social relationships an individual can have is constrained in part by its social cognitive competences and in part by the time available to invest in face-to-face interaction....

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