TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Cognitive simplicity and self-deception are crucial in martyrdom and suicide terrorism
JO  - Behavioral and brain sciences
A1  - Fink, Bernhard
A1  - Trivers, Robert
SP  - 366
EP  - 367
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-525X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13003385
ID  - ref1
ER  -