Superstitious, magical, and paranormal beliefs: An integrative model

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 731-744

  Lindeman, Marjaana ^a   Aarnio, Kia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Core knowledge; Intuitive thinking; Magical thinking; Paranormal beliefs; Superstition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248569418     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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