title: The missing link: leadership, identity, and the social brain.
abstract: How the cohesion of a social network is being maintained in spite of having different layers of social interaction is an important question. I argue that the evolution of both (political) hierarchy and social identity play a crucial role in scaling up and bonding social networks. Together they are missing links in the social brain hypothesis, and further research is needed to understand the functions of leadership and social identity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Vugt
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012944:Social Support