Stranger danger: Parenthood increases the envisioned bodily formidability of menacing men

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-117

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Holbrook, Colin ^a   Pollack, Jeremy S ^a   Hahn Holbrook, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Parenthood; Relative formidability; Threat detection; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893771985     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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