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  1. Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Daphne Blunt Bugental

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  1. Oakland Univ Dept of Psycholgy, Rochester, Michigan, USA

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    Todd K. Shackelford

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    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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Bugental, D.B. (2016). Maternal Investment. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1903-1

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