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Citation

Fink B, Trivers R. Behav. Brain Sci. 2014; 37(4): 366-367.

Affiliation

Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution,Rutgers University,New Brunswick,NJ 08901.trivers@rci.rutgers.eduwww.roberttrivers.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X13003385

PMID

25162844

Abstract

Suicide attacks and terrorism are characterized by cognitive simplicity, which is related to self-deception. In justifying violence in pursuit of ideologically and/or politically driven commitment, people with high religious commitment may be particularly prone to mechanisms of self-deception. Related megalomania and glorious self-perception are typical of self-deception, and are thus crucial in the emergence and expression of (suicide) terrorism.


Language: en

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