Motivated reasoning: A depth-of-processing perspective

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 358-371

  Jain, Shailendra Pratap ^a   Maheswaran, Durairaj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034335617     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209568     Document Type: Article

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