The evolutionary significance of red sox nation: Sport fandom as a byproduct of coalitional psychology

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 432-446

  Winegard, Benjamin ^a   Deaner, Robert O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Morality; Sex differences; Sports; Warfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955745467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800310     Document Type: Article

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