The human side of geoscientists: comparing geoscientists' and non-geoscientists' cognitive and affective responses to geology

Lacchia, Anthea; Schuitema, Geertje; McAuliffe, Fergus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-291-2020

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

Geosci. Commun., 3, 291–302, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-291-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Geosci. Commun., 3, 291–302, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-291-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

Research article 23 Sep 2020

Research article | 23 Sep 2020

The human side of geoscientists: comparing geoscientists' and non-geoscientists' cognitive and affective responses to geology

Anthea Lacchia et al.

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