Threat-related information suggests competence: A possible factor in the spread of rumors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Boyer, Pascal ^a,b   Parren, Nora ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTUITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ATTITUDE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TEXT MESSAGING; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84936803152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128421     Document Type: Article

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