Hedonic contrast and condensation: Good stimuli make mediocre stimuli less good and less different

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Zellner, Debra A ^a   Allen, Dawn ^a   Henley, Monique ^a   Parker, Scott ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748795567     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193836     Document Type: Article

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