Living large: The powerful overestimate their own height

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-40

  Duguid, Michelle M ^a   Goncalo, Jack A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

interpersonal interaction; judgment; perception; social structure; spatial perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855500976     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611422915     Document Type: Article

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