Maintenance of genetic variation in personality through control of mental mechanisms: a test of trust, extraversion, and agreeableness

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Hiraishi, Kai ^a   Yamagata, Shinji ^a   Shikishima, Chizuru ^b   Ando, Juko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Evolutionary psychology; General trust; Origin of individual differences; Personality; Reactive heritability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049154906     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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