Action, Outcome, and Value

@article{Cushman2013ActionOA,
  title={Action, Outcome, and Value},
  author={Fiery Andrews Cushman},
  journal={Personality and Social Psychology Review},
  year={2013},
  volume={17},
  pages={273 - 292}
}
  • F. Cushman
  • Published 1 August 2013
  • Psychology
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review
Dual-system approaches to psychology explain the fundamental properties of human judgment, decision making, and behavior across diverse domains. Yet, the appropriate characterization of each system is a source of debate. For instance, a large body of research on moral psychology makes use of the contrast between “emotional” and “rational/cognitive” processes, yet even the chief proponents of this division recognize its shortcomings. Largely independently, research in the computational… 
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