Evolutionizing Grief: Viewing Photographs of the Deceased Predicts the Misattribution of Ambiguous Stimuli by the Bereaved

We propose a cognitive-evolutionary model of grief where the function of grief is to reunite a person with an absent partner where this is possible, and where it is not, to disengage and reorientate the individual from the lost agent. The present study investigates the potential factors that affect...

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Autori principali: Claire White, Daniel M. T. Fessler
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: SAGE Publishing 2013-12-01
Serie:Evolutionary Psychology
Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491301100513