Evolution and episodic memory: An analysis and demonstration of a social function of episodic recollection

Social Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-319

  Klein, Stanley B ^a   Cosmides, Leda ^a   Gangi, Cynthia E ^a   Jackson, Betsy ^a   Tooby, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 65449143598     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.2.283     Document Type: Article

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