Toward an evolutionary theory of rationality

World Futures: Journal of General Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-123

  Maldonato, Mauro ^a,c   Dell'Orco, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision making; emotion; evolution; heuristic; neuroethics; rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957897298     PISSN: 02604027     EISSN: 15561844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02604020903510257     Document Type: Article

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