On thinking first and responding fast: Flexibility in social inference processes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 949-959

  Krull, Douglas S ^a,b   Dill, Jody C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030303916     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167296229008     Document Type: Article

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