New ambitions for a new paradigm: Putting the psychology of reasoning at the service of humanity

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 381-398

  Bonnefon, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Applied research; Decision; Moral cognition; Nudges; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887960035     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2013.774294     Document Type: Article

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