Erroneous perceptions in generating sequences of random events

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 2157-2166

  Ladouceur, Robert ^a   Paquet, Claude ^b   Dubé, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030590752     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01793.x     Document Type: Article

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