The thick and the thin of it: Contextual effects in body perception

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-228

  Wedell, Douglas H ^a   Santoyo, Elaine M ^a   Pettibone, Jonathan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 26444618636     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2703_3     Document Type: Article

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