Paranormal beliefs, education, and thinking styles

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1227-1236

  Aarnio, Kia ^a   Lindeman, Marjaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Analytical thinking; Discipline; Education; Intuitive thinking; Paranormal belief

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644438357     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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