Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture

By Yang He, Yi Yin, M. Zech, Anjan Soumyanarayanan, M. Yee, T. Williams, M. Boyer, Kamalesh Chatterjee, W. D. Wise, I. Zeljkovic and 9 more. Science, 2014

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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