The good, the bad, and the timely: How temporal order and moral judgment influence causal selection

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Reuter, Kevin ^a   Kirfel, Lara ^b   van Riel, Raphael ^c   Barlassina, Luca ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal selection; Causation; Moral judgment; Norm violation; Temporal location

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922901468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01336     Document Type: Article

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