Toward a better approach to goodness: Comments on Van der Helm and Leeuwenberg (1996)

Psychological Review

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 610-621

  Wagemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0040016430     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.106.3.610     Document Type: Review

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