Disgust, Empathy, and Care of the Sick: an Evolutionary Perspective

Evolutionary Psychological Science - Tập 3 Số 2 - Trang 149-158 - 2017
Leander Steinkopf1
1Comparative Developmental Psychology, Faculty for Education and Psychology, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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