"What, me worry?": Arousal, misattribution, and the effect of temporal distance on confidence

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 529-536

  Savitsky, Kenneth ^b   Medvec, Victoria Husted ^b   Charlton, Ann E ^b   Gilovich, Thomas ^a  

^a Uris Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0032063270     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298245008     Document Type: Article

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