Generalization in mate-choice copying in humans
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Generalization in mate-choice copying in humans
Robert I. Bowers, Skyler S. Place, Peter M. Todd, Lars Penke, and Jens B. Asendorpf Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, and Department of Psychology, Humboldt U...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1465-7279,1045-2249
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr164