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The role of importance, novelty, and plausibility in producing belief change

Donald Dean Morley Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
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Kim B. Walker Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Pages 436-442 | Published online: 02 Jun 2009

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