Self-affirmation counteracts the effects of burdens on judgments of distance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-108

  Shea, Loreal ^a   Masicampo, E J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Perception; Physiology; Self affirmation; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885060874     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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