Affective Contrast and Assimilation in Counterfactual Thinking
โ Scribed by Matthew N. McMullen
- Book ID
- 115623816
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-1031
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