Hindsight Bias and the O.J. Simpson Verdict: A One-Year Follow-up

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-301

  McGlynn, Richard P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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