Learning and opinion change, not priming: Reconsidering the priming hypothesis

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 821-837

  Lenz, Gabriel S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 70349348948     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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