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Exotic-Becomes-Erotic Hypothesis

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  1. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Daryl Bem

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Bem, D. (2016). Exotic-Becomes-Erotic Hypothesis. 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_60-1

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