Self-deception: Helping and hindering personal and public decision making

Evolutionary Psychology, Public Policy and Personal Decisions

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 109-134

  Surbey, Michele K ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609892     Document Type: Chapter

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