Abstract
What makes the question of grandparental investment so very interesting is trying to tease out the underlying motivations. Grandparental investment is variable and grandparental altruism, if it exists at all, is also variable. Neither evolutionary theory nor rational choice theory has an easy time explaining this variation, and insight is further impeded by the absence of any compelling empirical studies designed for the purpose of testing alternative explanations of variations in grandparental investment.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 24-25 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Feb 1 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Physiology
- Behavioral Neuroscience