Suicide terrorism and the biology of significance

Political Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-400

  Victoroff, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Evolution; Psychology; Suicide; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649115828     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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