Why cartoons make (some of) us smile
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Dunbar RIM. and Stirling-Middleton E., (2024), Humor
Stability of the personal relationship networks in a longitudinal study of middle school students.
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Escribano D. et al, (2023), Sci Rep, 13
Four errors and a fallacy: pitfalls for the unwary in comparative brain analyses.
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Dunbar RIM. and Shultz S., (2023), Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 98, 1278 - 1309
Fractal structure of human and primate social networks optimizes information flow
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West BJ. et al, (2023), Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 479
Only empathy-related traits, not being mimicked or endorphin release, influence social closeness and prosocial behavior.
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Rauchbauer B. et al, (2023), Sci Rep, 13
Does believing something to be fiction allow a form of moral licencing or a 'fictive pass' in understanding others' actions?
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Thompson J. et al, (2023), Front Psychol, 14
Six good reasons why understanding religion requires a multidisciplinary approach: response to commentators
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Dunbar RIM., (2023), Religion, Brain and Behavior
The Evolutionary Role of Dance: Group Bonding But Not Prosocial Altruism
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Tarr B. and Dunbar RIM., (2023), Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
The origins and function of musical performance.
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Dunbar RIM., (2023), Front Psychol, 14
The role of religion in adolescent mental health: faith as a moderator of the relationship between distrust and depression
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Tsomokos DI. and Dunbar RIM., (2023), Religion, Brain and Behavior
Why Did Doctrinal Religions First Appear in the Northern Subtropical Zone?
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Dunbar RIM., (2023), Evolutionary Human Sciences
Sociability in a non-captive macaque population is associated with beneficial gut bacteria
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BURNET P. et al, (2022), Frontiers in Microbiology
Sociability in a non-captive macaque population is associated with beneficial gut bacteria
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Johnson K. et al, (2022), Frontiers in Microbiology, 13
Sociability in a non-captive macaque population is associated with beneficial gut bacteria
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DUNBAR R., (2022), Frontiers in Microbiology
Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era
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DUNBAR R., (2022), Nature Human Behaviour
Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era
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DUNBAR R., (2022), Nature Human Behaviour
Laughter and its role in the evolution of human social bonding
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DUNBAR R., (2022), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Managing the stresses of group-living in the transition to village life
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DUNBAR R., (2022), Evolutionary Human Science
Communicative roots of complex sociality and cognition: Neuropsychological mechanisms underpinning the processing of social information
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DUNBAR R., (2022), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences