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Bence P. Ölveczky, an author on the study and professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, said the research pioneers a “new method for characterizing social behavior in freely ...

THE Experimental Psychology Group, a small private society the membership of which is drawn from the teaching and research staffs of British universities and research institutions, and the object ...

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The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering social psychology. It is published by Elsevier on behalf of the Society of Experimental Social ...

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