Information distortion in self-other decision making

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 432-435

  Polman, Evan ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

Author keywords

Information distortion; Postdecisional distortion; Predecisional distortion; Self other decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749107764     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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