Skating down a steeper slope: Fear influences the perception of geographical slant

Perception

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-323

  Stefanucci, Jeanine K ^a   Proffitt, Dennis R ^b   Clore, Gerald L ^b   Parekh, Nazish ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 42449152438     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5796     Document Type: Article

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