Construing the past and future

Social Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-150

  Ross, Michael ^a   Newby Clark, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032399603     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1998.16.1.133     Document Type: Article

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