Error Management and the evolution of cognitive bias

Social Thinking and Interpersonal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 45-64

  Galperin, Andrew ^a   Haselton, Martie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84893744659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203139677     Document Type: Chapter

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