Implicit attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) foods: A comparison of context-free and context-dependent evaluations

Appetite

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Spence, Alexa ^a   Townsend, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Context; Explicit attitudes; GM foods; Implicit attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; MALE;

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 29944435864     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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