Risk-taking as a situationally sensitive male mating strategy

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 391-395

  Baker Jr , Michael D ^a   Maner, Jon K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotion; Sex differences; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749097451     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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