Judging for two: Some connectionist proposals for how the self informs and constrains social judgment

The Self in Social Judgment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 181-211

  Balcetis, Emily ^a   Dunning, David A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 85083275361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203943250-17     Document Type: Chapter

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