Ways to assess hindsight bias

Social Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-31

  Pohl, Rüdiger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 34447546374     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.14     Document Type: Review

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