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Breaking bread: the functions of social eating
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Communal eating, whether in feasts or everyday meals with family or friends, is a human universal, yet it has attracted surprisingly little evolutionary attention. I use data from a UK national stratified survey to test the hypothesis that eating with others provides both social and individual benefits. I show that those who eat socially more often feel happier and are more satisfied with life, are more trusting of others, are more engaged with their local communities, and have more friends t...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1007/s40750-017-0061-4
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+ European Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Dunbar, R
Grant:
Advanced Investigator grant
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology Journal website
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 198–211
- Publication date:
- 2017-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-20
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2198-7335
- Source identifiers:
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683740
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- pubs:683740
- Deposit date:
- 2017-03-02
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- Copyright holder:
- Dunbar, R
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
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