How normative information shapes attributions for the actions of persons with traumatic brain injury

Brain Impairment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-187

  McClure, John ^a   Abbott, Joanne ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attributions; Misattributions; Normative information; Premorbid behaviour; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349845743     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.10.2.180     Document Type: Article

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