Distinguishing Sources of Cooperation in the One-Round Prisoner's Dilemma: Evidence for Cooperative Decisions Based on the Illusion of Control

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 494-512

  Morris, Michael W ^b   Sim, Damien L H ^b   Girotto, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032336323     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1998.1361     Document Type: Article

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