The strange cognitive benefits of mild dysphoria: On the evolutionary advantages of not being too happy

Evolution and the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 107-124

  Forgas, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84920698049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837788     Document Type: Chapter

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