Mutual interests: The case for increasing dialogue between political science and neuroscience

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 571-583

  McDermott, Rose ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International politics; Political psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249134252     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909336273     Document Type: Article

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