Is our absence as conspicuous as we think? Overestimating the salience and impact of one's absence from a group

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 386-392

  Savitsky, Kenneth ^a   Gilovich, Thomas ^b   Berger, Gail ^c   Medvec, Victoria Husted ^c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037707118     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00548-6     Document Type: Article

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