The when and how of evaluative readiness: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1018-1038

  Ferguson, Melissa J ^a   Wojnowicz, Michael T ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 82955165707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00393.x     Document Type: Review

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