How the mind warps: A social evolutionary perspective on cognitive processing disjunctions

Evolution and the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 49-68

  Kenrick, Douglas T ^a   Delton, Andrew W ^b   Robertson, Theresa E ^b   Vaughn Becker, D ^a   Neuberg, Steven L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84920677462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837788     Document Type: Chapter

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