The availability heuristic in person identification: The sometimes misleading consequences of enhanced contextual information

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 91-121

  Read, J Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 0002986426     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2350090202     Document Type: Article

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