Climate change, values, and the cultural cognition thesis

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-5

  Persson, Johannes ^a   Sahlin, Nils Eric ^a   Wallin, Annika ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural cognition thesis; Environmental decision making; Rationality; Risk communication; Scientific integrity; Value based decision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; CULTURAL COGNITION THESIS; CULTURAL VALUE; HEALTH BELIEF; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE;

EID: 84930195161     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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