Seizing on the Latest: Motivationally Driven Recency Effects in Impression Formation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-329

  Richter, Linda ^a   Kruglanski, Arie W ^a  

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EID: 0032376324     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1998.1354     Document Type: Article

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