The evolution of an ostracism detection system

Evolution and the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 279-292

  Spoor, Jennifer R ^a   Williams, Kipling D ^b  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920679305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837788     Document Type: Chapter

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