An Adaptive Connectionist Model of Cognitive Dissonance

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 204-231

  Van Overwalle, Frank ^a   Jordens, Karen ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 0036079762     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327957PSPR0603_6     Document Type: Review

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