Friends Shrink Foes: The Presence of Comrades Decreases the Envisioned Physical Formidability of an Opponent

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 797-802

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Holbrook, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; social cognition; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877343069     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612461508     Document Type: Article

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