Prototypes are attractive because they are easy on the mind

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 799-806

  Winkielman, Piotr ^a   Halberstadt, Jamin ^b   Fazendeiro, Tedra ^c   Catty, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VISION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748676674     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01785.x     Document Type: Article

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