The complexity of thinking across cultures: Interactions between culture and situational context

Social Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 228-250

  Conway III, Lucian Gideon ^a   Schaller, Mark ^b   Tweed, Roger G ^b   Hallett, Darcy ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035539484     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.19.3.228.21472     Document Type: Article

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