Which should you use, intuition or logic? Cultural differences in injunctive norms about reasoning

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-273

  Buchtel, Emma E ^a   Norenzayan, Ara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Intuition; Logic; Norms; Reasoning; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349095821     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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