The alliance hypothesis for human friendship

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  DeScioli, Peter ^a   Kurzban, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARE AND CARING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SOCIAL LIFE; THEORY; ADOLESCENT; COOPERATION; FRIEND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 66749175157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005802     Document Type: Article

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