The effects of causal uncertainty, causal importance, and initial attitude on attention to causal persuasive arguments

Social Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-65

  Tobin, Stephanie J ^a   Weary, Gifford ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61449206087     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2008.26.1.44     Document Type: Article

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