Moral behavior is not what it seems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2010, Pages

  Harris, John ^a   Chan, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

AVERSION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MORALS; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650732017     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015001107     Document Type: Letter

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