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Oh, the things you don’t know: awe promotes awareness of knowledge gaps and science interest

Jonathon McPhetresDepartment of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 1599-1615 | Received 24 May 2018, Accepted 16 Feb 2019, Published online: 27 Feb 2019

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