Do naïve theories ever go away? Using brain and behavior to understand changes in concepts

Thinking with Data

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 193-205

  Dunbar, Kevin N ^a   Fugelsang, Jonathan A ^a   Stein, Courtney ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84920479709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810057     Document Type: Chapter

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