Toward a cognitive psychology of science: Recent research and its implications

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 150-154

  Tweney, Ryan D ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032173333     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10836837     Document Type: Article

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