Effects of evidence on attitudes: Is Polarization the Norm?

Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Kuhn, Deanna ^a   Lao, Joseph ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0008082194     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1996.tb00340.x     Document Type: Article

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