Paranormal belief and susceptibility to the conjunction fallacy

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 524-542

  Rogers, Paul ^a   Davis, Tiffany ^a   Fisk, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF;

EID: 67651154519     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1472     Document Type: Article

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