Do attitudes affect memory? Tests of the congeniality hypothesis

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-9

  Eagly, Alice H ^a   Kulesa, Patrick ^a   Chen, Serena ^b   Chaiken, Shelly ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Congeniality effect; Memory; Memory for attitude relevant information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035606904     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00102     Document Type: Article

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