Biased assimilation: The role of source position

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-39

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a   Frey, Dieter ^b   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 59349120548     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.497     Document Type: Article

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