Wired to connect: Evolutionary psychology and social networks

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-239

  Crosier, Benjamin S ^a   Webster, Gregory D ^a   Dillon, Haley M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Facebook; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874431155     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027919     Document Type: Article

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