Cross-cultural universals and variations: The evolutionary paradox of informational novelty

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-123

  Finn, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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