Animal cognition and human personality

The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-119

  McNaughton, Neil ^a   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956837435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511819384.004     Document Type: Chapter

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