I'm not sexist!!! Cognitive dissonance and the differing cries of mixed- and strong-handers

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-272

  Jasper, John D ^a   Prothero, Mary ^a   Christman, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Belief updating; Cognitive dissonance; Handedness; Individual differences; Interhemispheric interaction; Neuroscience; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349182274     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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