Considering the Knowledge You Have: Effects on Realism in Confidence Judgements

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-256

  Allwood, Carl Martin ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 0040124341     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095414496383077     Document Type: Article

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