Mental simulations, affect, and subjective confidence: Timing is Everything

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-345

  Sanna, Lawrence J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346207808     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00165     Document Type: Article

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