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Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience ·

Volume 4 - 2012 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnevo.2012.00013

Life History Theory and Social Psychology

  • Donald F. Sacco1*corresponding author
  • Karol Osipowicz2
  1. 11 The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS, USA
  2. 22 Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Sacco, D. F. & Osipowicz, K. (2012). Life History Theory and Social Psychology. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, Volume 4. https://doi.org/
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*Correspondence: Donald F. Sacco

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