Motivational correlates of need for cognition

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 608-621

  Steinhart, Yael ^a   Wyer Jr , Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 67650240078     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.565     Document Type: Article

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