The analogical peacock hypothesis: The sexual selection of mind-Reading and relational cognition in human communication

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-287

  McKeown, Gary J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogy; Communication; Mind reading; Sexual selection; Social brain hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887557182     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032631     Document Type: Article

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