Hindsight bias across the life span

Social Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-97

  Bayen, Ute J ^a,c   Pohl, Rüdiger F ^b   Erdfelder, Edgar ^b   Auer, Tina Sarah ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 35548960404     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.83     Document Type: Review

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