Representations of religious words: Insights for religious priming research

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 494-507

  Ritter, Ryan S ^a   Preston, Jesse Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; God; Multidimensional scaling; Priming; Religion; Religious cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883395576     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12042     Document Type: Article

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