What can children tell us about hindsight bias: A fundamental constraint on perspective-taking?

Social Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-113

  Birch, Susan A J ^a   Bernstein, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 34250307380     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.98     Document Type: Article

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