Children's and adults' reactions to magical and ordinary suggestion: Are suggestibility and magical thinking psychologically close relatives?

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-574

  Subbotsky, Eugene ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGIC; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUGGESTION; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; SUGGESTION; THINKING;

EID: 36049051424     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X166069     Document Type: Article

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