The role of cognitive resources in determining our moral intuitions: Are we all liberals at heart?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1007-1012

  Wright, Jennifer Cole ^a   Baril, Galen ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Moral Foundations Theory; Moral intuitions; Self regulation depletion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959244383     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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