An Unreasoned Approach: A Critique of Research on Reasoning and Delusions

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-19

  Simpson, Jane ^a   Done, John ^a   Vallée Tourangeau, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002938937     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468098396224     Document Type: Article

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