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Kwok Leung • Michael Harris Bond Editors
Psychological Aspects of Social Axioms Understanding Global Belief Systems
Editors Kwok Leung Department of Management City University of Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong China
Michael Harris Bond Department of Psychology Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong China
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Foreword
Humans are surrounded by trillions of stimuli. Their eyes, for instance, can discriminate 7,500,000 colors. But, there is a severe limitation
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