Words speak louder: conforming to preferences more than actions.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  2015-07-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/pspa0000031PMID 26191960
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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