Tag: Cultural Cognition Project

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Nov 26, 2013

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in Environment, Health and Medicine, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. The Cultural Cognition Project The Cultural Cognition Project is a group of scholars interested in studying how cultural values shape public risk perceptions and related policy beliefs. Cultural cognition refers to the tendency of individuals to conform their beliefs about disputed matters of fact (e.g., whether global warming is a serious threat; whether the…