Persecutory delusions: reminiscence of ancestral hostile threats?

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-192

  Zolotova, Julia ^a   Brüne, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancestral threats; Cross cultural comparison; Persecutory delusions; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645937624     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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