Motivation, cognition and pseudoscience

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-265

  Lindeman, Marjaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Experiential thinking; Pseudoscience

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MYSTICISM; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SUPERSTITION;

ASTROLOGY; COGNITION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 0032246530     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00085     Document Type: Article

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