Of accessibility and aplicability: How heat-related cues affect belief in "global warming" versus "climate change"

Social Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-238

  Schuldt, Jonathon P ^a   Roh, Sungjong ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84903588909     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2014.32.3.217     Document Type: Article

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