Implicit theism

Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 71-94

  Uhlmann, Eric Luis ^a   Poehlman, T Andrew ^b   Bargh, John A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373694-9.00004-0     Document Type: Chapter

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