Mate choice turns cognitive

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 190-198

  Miller, Geoffrey F ^a   Todd, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LOVE; MARRIAGE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0032078650     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01169-3     Document Type: Article

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