Believing in the purpose of events-why does it occur, and is it supernatural?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-265

  Svedholm, Annika M ^a   Lindeman, Marjaana ^a   Lipsanen, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFUSION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 77956432322     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1560     Document Type: Article

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