Critical thinking ability and belief in the paranormal

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1805-1812

  Hergovich, Andreas ^a   Arendasy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Critical thinking ability; Paranormal belief; Paranormal experiences; Reasoning ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 17344364277     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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