Norms inform mental state ascriptions: A rational explanation for the side-effect effect

Cognition

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-100

  Uttich, Kevin ^a   Lombrozo, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentional action; Intentionality; Knobe effect; Moral Psychology; Morality; Norms; Side effect effect; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952886889     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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