Did everybody know it all along? A review of individual differences in hindsight bias

Social Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-82

  Musch, Jochen ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 35549012279     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.64     Document Type: Article

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