Modern Illusions of Humankind

Frontiers Collection

Volumn Part F954, Issue , 2010, Pages 263-288

  Frey, Ulrich J ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core Belief; Hindsight Bias; Life History Theory; Recognition Heuristic; Religious Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952773875     PISSN: 16123018     EISSN: 21976619     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12142-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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