Construing counterfactual worlds: The role of abstraction

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-397

  Gilead, Michael ^a   Liberman, Nira ^a   Maril, Anat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84858174763     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1862     Document Type: Article

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