Monsters on the brain: An evolutionary epistemology of horror

Social Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 941-968

  Asma, Stephen T ^a  

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EID: 84922341493     PISSN: 0037783X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sor.2014.0055     Document Type: Article

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