Psychological momentum: Intuitive physics and naive beliefs

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 800-812

  Markman, Keith D ^a   Guenther, Corey L ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lay intuitions; Momentum; Prediction; Thought flow

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; MOTIVATION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34249662207     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207301026     Document Type: Article

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