Can voters predict changes in theor own attitudes?

Political Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-87

  Lowenthal, Diane ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change (prediction and recall); Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035584523     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00226     Document Type: Article

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