Public opinion and evolved heuristics: The role of category-based inference

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-389

  Petersen, Michael Bang ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Evolutionary psychology; Moral heuristics; Public opinion; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949902014     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156770909X12518536414376     Document Type: Article

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