Something to talk about: are conversation sizes constrained by mental modeling abilities?

Conversations are ubiquitous and central elements of daily life. Yet a fundamental feature of conversation remains a mystery: It is genuinely difficult to maintain an everyday conversation with more than four speakers. Why? We introduce a “mentalizing explanation” for the conversation size constrain...

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Библиографические подробности
Главные авторы: Krems, J, Dunbar, R, Neuberg, S
Формат: Journal article
Опубликовано: Elsevier 2016