Towards a better understanding of cognitive polyphasia

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-395

  Provencher, Claudine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive polyphasia; MMR controversy; Social cognition; Types of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355182798     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2011.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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