When strong evidence has less impact than weak evidence: Bias, adjustment, and instructions to ignore

Social Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-155

  Schul, Yaacov ^a   Goren, Harel ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031488884     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1997.15.2.133     Document Type: Article

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