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The logic of fashion cycles
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- Acerbi, Alberto (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Centrum för evolutionär kulturforskning
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- Ghirlanda, Stefano (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Centrum för evolutionär kulturforskning
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- Enquist, Magnus (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Centrum för evolutionär kulturforskning,Zoologiska institutionen
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- 2012-03-07
- 2012
- English.
- In: PLOS ONE. - : Public Library of Science (PLoS). - 1932-6203. ; 7:3, s. e32541-
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- Many cultural traits exhibit volatile dynamics, commonly dubbed fashions or fads. Here we show that realistic fashion-like dynamics emerge spontaneously if individuals can copy others' preferences for cultural traits as well as traits themselves. We demonstrate this dynamics in simple mathematical models of the diffusion, and subsequent abandonment, of a single cultural trait which individuals may or may not prefer. We then simulate the coevolution between many cultural traits and the associated preferences, reproducing power-law frequency distributions of cultural traits (most traits are adopted by few individuals for a short time, and very few by many for a long time), as well as correlations between the rate of increase and the rate of decrease of traits (traits that increase rapidly in popularity are also abandoned quickly and vice versa). We also establish that alternative theories, that fashions result from individuals signaling their social status, or from individuals randomly copying each other, do not satisfactorily reproduce these empirical observations.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Etologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Behavioural Sciences Biology (hsv//eng)
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