The message is the method: Celebrating and exporting the experimental approach

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 185-193

  Wilson, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 33645509750     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327965pli1604_09     Document Type: Review

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