See what you want to see: Motivational influences on visual perception

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 612-625

  Balcetis, Emily ^a,b   Dunning, David ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous figures; Motivated reasoning; Motivation; New Look; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ENVIRONMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750166668     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.4.612     Document Type: Article

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