Evidence for conditional sex differences in emotional but not in sexual jealousy at the automatic level of cognitive processing

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-30

  Penke, Lars ^a,b   Asendorpf, Jens B ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b International Max Planck Research School LIFE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic processes; Cognitive load; Evolutionary psychology; Jealousy; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949145676     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.654     Document Type: Article

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