Should I say that? An experimental investigation of the norm of assertion

@article{Marsili2021ShouldIS,
  title={Should I say that? An experimental investigation of the norm of assertion},
  author={Neri Marsili and Alex Wiegmann},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2021},
  volume={212}
}
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