The group-member mind trade-off: Attributing mind to groups versus group members

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-85

  Waytz, Adam ^a   Young, Liane ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

groups; law; legal processes; mind attribution; morality; responsibility; social cognition; theory o.m.nd

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855515340     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611423546     Document Type: Article

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