Children's emergent preferences for soft drinks: Stimulus-equivalence and transfer

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 603-618

  Smeets, Paul M ^a   Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Emergent preferences; Soft drinks; Stimulus equivalence; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041864033     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(03)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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