False memories of attitude-relevant actions

Social Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 395-420

  McIntyre, Rusty B ^a   Lord, Charles G ^a   Lewis, Shannon J ^a   Frye, G D Jay ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2042452468     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.21.6.395.28689     Document Type: Article

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