The Origins of Cognitive Dissonance

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Psychology Science

• Publication date

  2007-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02012.xPMID 17958712
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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