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Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

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Category: Psychology

by Pascal Vrticka March 15, 2018 3
Attachment Brain Imaging Neuroscience Psychology

Evolution of the ‘Social Brain’ in Humans: What Are the Benefits and Costs of Belonging to a Social Species?

This blog post first appeared on http://www.huffingtonpost.com on September 16, 2013, and has since been edited. Humans are highly socialContinue Reading

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