Dopamine-system genes and cultural acquisition: The norm sensitivity hypothesis

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 167-174

  Kitayama, Shinobu ^a   King, Anthony ^a   Hsu, Ming ^b   Liberzon, Israel ^a   Yoon, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84953377871     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.11.006     Document Type: Review

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