Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 208-216, May 2003

Why humans value sensational news:

An evolutionary perspective

Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1

Received 25 September 2002; received in revised form 7 March 2003

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PII: S1090-5138(03)00012-6

doi:10.1016/S1090-5138(03)00012-6

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 208-216, May 2003