Prominent Schools or Other Active Specialties? A Fresh Look at Some Trends in Psychology

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-380

  Spear, Joseph H ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive neuroscience; cognitive psychology; disunity of psychology; neuroscience; trends in psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349160472     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.11.4.363     Document Type: Article

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