The association between psychological distance and construal level: Evidence from an implicit association test

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 609-622

  Bar Anan, Yoav ^a,c   Liberman, Nira ^a   Trope, Yaacov ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Construal level theory; Implicit association test; Psychological distance; Temporal distance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750725757     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.135.4.609     Document Type: Article

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