Bite-size science and its undesired side effects

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Bertamini, Marco ^a   Munafò, Marcus R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allied field; behavioral; cognition; perception; publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855398939     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611429353     Document Type: Article

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