Comment: Why meta-analyses rarely resolve ideological debates

Emotion Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-252

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a  

^a STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Mating preferences; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904196641     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073914523046     Document Type: Review

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