Individual differences in attentional resources and self-complexity

Social Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 312-331

  Conway, Michael ^a   White Dysart, Lisa ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 0033245390     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1999.17.3.312     Document Type: Article

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