The cultural mind: Environmental decision making and cultural modeling within and across populations

Psychological Review

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 744-776

  Atran, Scott ^a,d   Medin, Douglas L ^b   Ross, Norbert O ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural modeling; Decision making; Environmental management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN;

COGNITION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 27944435429     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.112.4.744     Document Type: Article

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