Scientific knowledge suppresses but does not supplant earlier intuitions.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Cognition

• Publication date

  2012-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.04.005PMID 22595144
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