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The seductive allure effect extends from neuroscientific to psychoanalytic explanations among Turkish medical students: preliminary implications of biased scientific reasoning within the context of medical and psychiatric training

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Pages 625-644 | Received 13 Feb 2021, Accepted 05 Jan 2022, Published online: 17 Jan 2022

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