Picoeconomics in neural and evolutionary contexts

Social Neuroscience and Public Health: Foundations for the Science of Chronic Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-18

  Ainslie, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6852-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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