Gene × environment interaction in social cognition

The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 516-540

  Chiao, Joan Y ^a   Cheon, Bobby K ^a   Bebko, Genna M ^b   Livingston, Robert W ^c   Hong, Ying Yi ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446247631.n26     Document Type: Chapter

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