The evolution of autistic-like and schizotypal traits: A sexual selection hypothesis

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Del Giudice, Marco ^a   Angeleri, Romina ^a   Brizio, Adelina ^a   Elena, Marco R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autistic like traits; Genomic imprinting; Mating strategies; Personality; Schizotypal traits; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960461417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00041     Document Type: Article

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