The separate roles of the reflective mind and involuntary inhibitory control in gatekeeping paranormal beliefs and the underlying intuitive confusions

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-319

  Svedholm, Annika M ^a   Lindeman, Marjaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFUSION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880338267     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02118.x     Document Type: Article

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