The descriptive experience sampling method

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 271-301

  Hurlburt, Russell T ^a   Akhter, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beepers; Consciousness; Descriptive Experience Sampling; First person methods; Idiographic; Inner experience; Introspection; Phenomenology; Random sampling; Second person methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845473684     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-006-9024-0     Document Type: Article

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