Evolutionary mechanisms for loneliness

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-21

  Cacioppo, John T ^a,b   Cacioppo, Stephanie ^a,b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution; Loneliness; Review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LONELINESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84890442570     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.837379     Document Type: Review

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