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q-bio.PE2011★ 40 cited
A model balancing cooperation and competition explains our right-handed world and the dominance of left-handed athletes
Daniel M. Abrams, Mark J. Panaggio
An overwhelming majority of humans are right-handed. Numerous explanations for individual handedness have been proposed, but this population-level handedness remains puzzling. Here…
physics.soc-ph2011★ 57 cited
A mathematical model of social group competition with application to the growth of religious non-affiliation
Daniel M. Abrams, Haley A. Yaple, Richard J. Wiener
When groups compete for members, the resulting dynamics of human social activity may be understandable with simple mathematical models. Here, we apply techniques from dynamical sys…