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Inferring cognition from action: does martyrdom imply its motive?
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Aug; 37(4):380.BB

Abstract

Drawing inferences about the decision utilities of suicide terrorists from their final action is tempting, but hazardous. Direct elicitation of those utilities would be more informative, but is infeasible. Substituting examination of archival materials for elicitation makes the assumption that leaders and bombers have similar utilities. Insight regarding the beliefs of terrorist leaders might be available from observations of recruitment strategies.

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Weiss DJ
Department of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032. dweiss@calstatela.eduwww.davidjweiss.com
Weiss J
Department of Health Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834. jweiss@fullerton.edu http://lifestyledecision.fullerton.edu

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FemaleHumansMaleSuicideTerrorism

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eng

PubMed ID

25162858

Citation

Weiss, David J., and Jie Weiss. "Inferring Cognition From Action: Does Martyrdom Imply Its Motive?" The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 37, no. 4, 2014, p. 380.
Weiss DJ, Weiss J. Inferring cognition from action: does martyrdom imply its motive? Behav Brain Sci. 2014;37(4):380.
Weiss, D. J., & Weiss, J. (2014). Inferring cognition from action: does martyrdom imply its motive? The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(4), 380. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13003518
Weiss DJ, Weiss J. Inferring Cognition From Action: Does Martyrdom Imply Its Motive. Behav Brain Sci. 2014;37(4):380. PubMed PMID: 25162858.
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