Narrative impressions of literature: The availability bias and the corrective properties of meta-analytic approaches

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1123-1130

  Bushman, Brad J ^a   Wells, Gary L ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035538340     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201279005     Document Type: Article

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