What constitutes torture?: Psychological impediments to an objective evaluation of enhanced interrogation tactics

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 689-694

  Nordgren, Loran F ^a   McDonnell, Mary Hunter Morris ^b   Loewenstein, George ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

empathy gaps; pain; torture

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TORTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLD TEMPERATURE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PAIN; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TORTURE;

EID: 79955785396     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611405679     Document Type: Article

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