The cognitive underpinnings of policy process studies: Introduction to a special issue of Cognitive Systems Research

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 48-51

  Jones, Bryan D ^a   Thomas, Herschel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral model of choice; Human cognition; Information processing; Problem definition; Public policy

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 85019579740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2017.04.003     Document Type: Editorial

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