Opinion formation and the collective dynamics of risk perception

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Moussaïd, Mehdi ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84893571966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084592     Document Type: Article

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