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  1. Psychology, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, USA

    David Lester

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Lester, D. (2019). Physiological Basis for Personality Traits. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2345-1

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