Determinants of intergroup differentiation in the illusory correlation task

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-220

  Berndsen, Mariëtte ^a   Spears, Russell ^b   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^b   McGarty, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033417546     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712699161350     Document Type: Article

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