Attentional biases and memory distortions in self-enhancers

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 559-568

  Djikic, Maja ^a   Peterson, Jordan B ^a   Zelazo, Philip David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Egoistic bias; Memory distortion; Moralistic bias; Self enhancement; Self perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944227765     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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