Preliminary Evidence for How the Behavioral Immune System Predicts Juror Decision-Making

Evolutionary Psychological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 325-334

  Brown, Mitch ^a   Rodriguez, Dario N ^b   Gretak, Alyssa P ^c   Berry, Melissa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Disgust; Forensic psychology; Jury

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064479563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21989885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40806-017-0102-z     Document Type: Article

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