On the acquisition of knowledge about personality traits: Does learning about the self engage different mechanisms than learning about others?

Social Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-390

  Klein, Stanley B ^a   Cosmides, Leda ^a   Murray, Emily R ^a   Tooby, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 4644307450     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.22.4.367.38295     Document Type: Review

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