A Neurobiological Approach to Foreign Policy Analysis: Identifying Individual Differences in Political Violence

Foreign Policy Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-129

  Hatemi, Peter K ^a,b   Mcdermott, Rose ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859506527     PISSN: 17438586     EISSN: 17438594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-8594.2011.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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