TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Sociocultural discourse in science: flawed assumptions and bias in the CLASH model JO - Behavioral and brain sciences A1 - Van Voorhees, Elizabeth E. A1 - Wilson, Sarah M. A1 - Calhoun, Patrick S. A1 - Elbogen, Eric B. A1 - Beckham, Jean C. A1 - Kimbrel, Nathan A. SP - e100 EP - e100 VL - 40 IS - N2 - In this commentary, we contest Van Lange and colleagues' central claim that "countries closer to the equator are generally more violent." We point to the lack of credible empirical evidence for this assertion and suggest that the CLASH model uses the language of science to lend false credibility to a problematic sociocultural discourse.

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LA - en SN - 0140-525X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16001126 ID - ref1 ER -