Formidability and the logic of human anger

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 15073-15078

  Sell, Aaron ^a   Tooby, John ^a   Cosmides, Leda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Evolutionary psychology; Recalibrational theory; Welfare tradeoff ratio

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTH; WELFARE;

ANGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349290623     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904312106     Document Type: Article

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