"Extended attachment" and the human brain: Internalized cultural values and evolutionary implications

The Moral Brain: Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 69-85

  Moll, Jorge ^a   De Oliveira Souza, Ricardo ^b  

^a Rio de Janeiro Proteomics Network   (Brazil)

^b University Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

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EID: 84901260103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6287-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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