Wishful thinking: Belief, desire, and the motivated evaluation of scientific evidence

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 731-732

  Bastardi, Anthony ^a   Uhlmann, Eric Luis ^b   Ross, Lee ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAY CARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NOTE; SCIENCE; THINKING;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CULTURE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MOTIVATION; SCIENCE; THINKING;

EID: 79958171080     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611406447     Document Type: Note

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