Mental state attributions and the side-effect effect

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 232-238

  Sripada, Chandra Sekhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental philosophy; Intention; Intentional action; Moral judgment; Side effect effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655181874     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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