Causes and consequences of mind perception

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 383-388

  Waytz, Adam ^a   Gray, Kurt ^b   Epley, Nicholas ^c   Wegner, Daniel M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SKILL; MORAL RIGHT; SOCIAL CONNECTION; SOCIAL LIFE;

COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LIFE; THINKING;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77955281179     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.05.006     Document Type: Review

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