The CSI effect reconsidered: Is It moderated by need for cognition?

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-174

  Mancini, Dante E ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE   (United States)

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