Cross-Cultural Sex Differences in Post-Conflict Affiliation following Sports Matches

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 2208-2212

  Benenson, Joyce F ^a,b   Wrangham, Richard W ^b  

^a EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Post conflict affiliation; Sex differences; Sports

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS;

EID: 84995685558     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.024     Document Type: Article

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