How beautiful is the goal and how violent is the fistfight? Spatial bias in the interpretation of human behavior

Social Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 833-852

  Maass, Anne ^a   Pagani, Damiano ^a   Berta, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 37649003191     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2007.25.6.833     Document Type: Article

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