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Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals: Concepts and Strategies

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Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals

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A biologist who studies aggression in mice might ask, ″What can an analysis of limerence in homosexual men tell me about why castrated, but not gonadally intact, male mice attack lactating females ?″ (Haug & Brain, 1978). I realize that it is more common for the student of human behaviour to ask the obverse question; nonetheless, the question is legitimate.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, 92521, USA

    Richard E. Whalen

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  1. Psychology Laboratory, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France

    M. Haug

  2. Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, UK

    P. F. Brain

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Histology Institute, Strasbourg, France

    C. Aron

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Whalen, R.E. (1991). Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals: Concepts and Strategies. In: Haug, M., Brain, P.F., Aron, C. (eds) Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3078-3_9

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