Childhood origins of adult resistance to science

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5827, 2007, Pages 996-997

  Bloom, Paul ^a   Weisberg, Deena Skolnick ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTISM; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROSCIENCE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TRUST;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CULTURE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INTUITION; LEARNING; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENCE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249040592     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133398     Document Type: Review

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