Explaining the Illusion of Asymmetric Insight

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.

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Telling more than we can know: Verbal reports on mental processes.

Richard E. Nisbett, Timothy D. Wilson · Psychological Review · 1977 · 11.3K citations

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Biased assimilation and attitude polarization: The effects of prior theories on subsequently considered evidence.

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On the Failure to Eliminate Hypotheses in a Conceptual Task

P. C. Wason · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1960 · 2.1K citations

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The totalitarian ego: Fabrication and revision of personal history.

Anthony G. Greenwald · American Psychologist · 1980 · 2K citations

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