Cognitive Obstacles to Pro-Vaccination Beliefs

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 633-636

  Miton, Helena ^a   Mercier, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISGUST; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; NOTE; THREAT; TRUST; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; TRUST; VACCINATION;

EID: 84945896053     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.007     Document Type: Note

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