Dealing With Uncertainty: Readers' Memory for and Use of Conflicting Information From Science Texts as Function of Presentation Format and Source Expertise

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-150

  Stadtler, Marc ^a   Scharrer, Lisa ^a   Brummernhenrich, Benjamin ^a   Bromme, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84876226240     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370008.2013.769996     Document Type: Article

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