Social value and attitude concepts in semantic memory: Relational structure, concept strength, and the fan effect

Social Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-225

  Thomsen, Cynthia J ^a   Lavine, Howard ^b   Kounios, John ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030355288     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1996.14.3.191     Document Type: Short Survey

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