Reasons for the referent: Reducing direction of comparison effects

Social Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-390

  Hodges, Sara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0032264552     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1998.16.4.367     Document Type: Article

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