Testing vs. believing hypotheses: Magical ideation in the judgement of contingencies

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-272

  Brugger, Peter ^a,b,c   Graves, Roger E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001484069     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468097396270     Document Type: Article

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