Political Extremism Is Supported by an Illusion of Understanding

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Psychology Science

• Publication date

  2013-04-25

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Political Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/0956797612464058PMID 23620547
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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