Honesty Requires Time (and Lack of Justifications)

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1264-1270

  Shalvi, Shaul ^a   Eldar, Ori ^b   Bereby Meyer, Yoella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

cognitive processes; decision making; dishonesty; dual system; ethics; morality; temptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867631863     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612443835     Document Type: Article

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