Detection of Outside Threat in Different Cultures: Ecological, Cultural and Cognitive Factors of Effective Influence

Abstract

This is the final report concerning research on Grant FA9550-10-1-0443, under the AFOSR-BAA-2009-1 Socio-Cultural Modeling of Effective Influence program. This project focused on cross-cultural aspects of threat-detection, i.e. how people in different cultures have similar/different ways of construing the impact of such potential dangers as enemy groups, pollution and contamination, predators, etc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA581336

Entities

People

  • Pascal Boyer
  • Pierre Lienard

Organizations

  • Washington University in St. Louis

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Anthropology
  • Caucasians
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cooperation
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Money
  • Natural Disasters
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Test Methods

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  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Educational Psychology