Motivated Explanation

Although motivation is a well-established field of study in its own right, and has been fruitfully studied in connection with attribution theory and belief formation under the heading of motivated thinking, its powerful and pervasive influence on explanatory processes is less well explored. Where on...

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Main Authors: Richard ePatterson, Joachim Thomas Operskalski, Aron K Barbey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00559/full