Dunbar's number
By using the average human brain size and extrapolating from the results of primates, he proposed that humans can comfortably maintain 150 stable relationships.
Dunbar's number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships - BBC
The theory of Dunbar's number holds that we can only really maintain about 150 connections at once. But is the rule true in today's world of ...
'Dunbar's number' deconstructed | Biology Letters - Journals
'Dunbar's number' is the notion that there exists a cognitive limit on human groups of about 150 individuals.
Dunbar's number: why my theory that humans can only maintain 150 ...
The community level of organisation turned out to be almost exactly 150. Thus was born the “social brain hypothesis” and “Dunbar's number”, the ...
Robin Dunbar Explains Humans' Circles of Friendship - The Atlantic
The Oxford evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar is best known for his namesake “Dunbar's number,” which he defines as the number of stable ...
Dunbar's Number, Psychological Safety and Team Size
Dunbar suggested that a maximum group size of 150, which he found represented in natural-forming groups all over the world in different domains ...
Dunbar's Number Debunked: You Can Have More Than 150 Friends
In a 1993 study, Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist, theorized that humans could have no more than about 150 meaningful relationships, a ...
What is Dunbar's number? - New Scientist
Among primates brain size corresponds to social group size and Dunbar's number extrapolates this in humans to have a natural group size of about 150.
The Limits of Friendship | The New Yorker
The most intimate Dunbar number, five, is your close support group. These are your best friends (and often family members). On the flipside, ...
Dunbar's number - Beautiful Trouble
We can only maintain 150 I-care-you-care relationships. These strong, primary relationships foster empowerment and social cohesion, while more rule-based ...
The end of Dunbar's number: Have our social networks changed for ...
Helen Collins explores evidence for and against Dunbar's number, the idea that our species' social groups are limited to around 150 people.
'Dunbar's number' deconstructed - PMC
A widespread and popular belief posits that humans possess a cognitive capacity that is limited to keeping track of and maintaining stable ...
TIL that humans can maintain only around 150 stable relationships ...
TIL that humans can maintain only around 150 stable relationships, a concept known as 'Dunbar's Number'. This theory, proposed by anthropologist ...
Dunbar's number - Idea to Value
Based on the size of the neocortex in humans, Dunbar therefore predicted that an individual should comfortably be able to keep social ...
Dunbar's Number - ModelThinkers
With each context, Dunbar argues that going beyond 150 leads to a lack of cohesion and reduces the life span of the group as a result. While many groups will ...
Dunbar's 6 Magic Numbers - Leadership Garden
Dunbar's other numbers · 1500: The number of people we can name and recognize · 500: The number of not-so-close acquaintances we can keep · 150: ...
Calling Dunbar's numbers - ScienceDirect.com
Here we analyse a mobile phone dataset, firstly, to ascertain whether layers of friends can be identified based on call frequency.
New study deconstructs Dunbar's number – yes, you can have more ...
An individual human can maintain stable social relationships with about 150 people. This is the proposition known as 'Dunbar's number' ...
Dunbar's Number: Why We Can't Have More Than 150 Friends
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/18/Robin_Dunbar_How_Many_Friends_Does_One_Person_Need Evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar ...
Dunbar's number: why my theory that humans can only maintain 150 ...
Dunbar's number: why my theory that humans can only maintain 150 friendships has withstood 30 years of scrutiny.