I, me, mine: Automatic attentional capture by self-related stimuli

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 770-779

  Alexopoulos, Theodore ^a   Muller, Dominique ^b,c   Ric, François ^b   Marendaz, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c University Institute of France   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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EID: 84866560591     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1882     Document Type: Article

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