Personality traits that distinguish you and me are better memorized

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 511-522

  Leyens, Jacques Philippe ^a,b   Yzerbyt, Vincent Y ^a   Rogier, Anouk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 0031503969     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199709/10)27:5<511::aid-ejsp827>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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