Direction of comparison asymmetries in relational judgment: The role of linguistic norms

Social Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-362

  Roese, Neal J ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey W ^b   Hur, Taekyun ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032350362     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1998.16.3.353     Document Type: Article

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