Integrative social perception: Individuals low in working memory benefit more from external representations

Social Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 336-365

  Von Hecker, Ulrich ^a,c   Dutke, Stephan ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4043152865     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.22.3.336.35969     Document Type: Article

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