Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 79-85, March 2008

Maintenance of genetic variation in personality through control of mental mechanisms: a test of trust, extraversion, and agreeableness

  • Kai Hiraishi

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 153-8902 Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5465 8837; fax: +81 3 5465 8837.
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  • Shinji Yamagata

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 153-8902 Tokyo, Japan
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  • Chizuru Shikishima

      Affiliations

    • The Graduate School of Human Relations, Keio University, 108-8345 Tokyo, Japan
  • ,
  • Juko Ando

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Letters, Keio University, 108-8345 Tokyo, Japan

Received 5 April 2006; accepted 26 July 2007. published online 22 November 2007.

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 This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (No. 13309014).

PII: S1090-5138(07)00072-4

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.07.004

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 79-85, March 2008