A cognitive approach to dogmatism: An investigation into the relationship of verbal working memory and dogmatism

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 946-952

  Brown, Adam M ^a  

^a ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogmatism; Religiosity; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248585858     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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