Border bias: The belief that state borders can protect against disasters

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1582-1586

  Mishra, Arul ^a   Mishra, Himanshu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; categorization; cognitive maps; environmental risk; mental maps; risk estimation; risk management; subjective probability; visual illusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISASTER; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; IMAGINATION; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CULTURE; DISASTERS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78649533221     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610385950     Document Type: Article

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