The locus of the myside bias in written argumentation

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-27

  Wolfe, Christopher R ^a   Britt, M Anne ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37849033273     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780701527674     Document Type: Article

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