Mental Models, Magical Thinking, and Individual Differences
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1795-6889
DOI: 10.17011/ht/urn.20094141412