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6 - We Are Social – Therefore We Are: The Interplay of Mind, Culture, and Genetics in Williams Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2010

Carol M. Worthman
Affiliation:
Emory University, Atlanta
Paul M. Plotsky
Affiliation:
Emory University, Atlanta
Daniel S. Schechter
Affiliation:
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Constance A. Cummings
Affiliation:
Foundation for Psychocultural Research, California
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Formative Experiences
The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology
, pp. 136 - 166
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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