Mental abstraction aids group cohesion in large social networks.

IF 13.7 1区心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI:10.1017/S0140525X25100514

Yi-Fei Hu, Alice Xia, Oriel FeldmanHall

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Abstract

Human social networks are far larger than those of nonhuman primates. Maintaining cohesion in large networks requires a robust mechanism that can accommodate the dense webs of connections within communities. A parsimonious account of how humans achieve social cohesion is mental abstraction, which enables individuals to construct fuzzy network representations that facilitate information flow tracking and mitigate conflict.

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心理抽象有助于大型社会网络中的群体凝聚力。

人类的社会网络比非人类灵长类动物的要大得多。在大型网络中保持凝聚力需要一个强大的机制，以适应社区内密集的连接网络。人类如何实现社会凝聚力的一个简洁的解释是心理抽象，它使个人能够构建模糊的网络表征，从而促进信息流跟踪和缓解冲突。

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

1.40

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1.70%

发文量

353

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