Gut or Game? The Influence of Moral Intuitions on Decisions in Video Games

Media Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 460-485

  Joeckel, Sven ^a   Bowman, Nicholas David ^b   Dogruel, Leyla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84870977963     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2012.727218     Document Type: Article

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