The influence of language form and conventional wording on judgments of illness

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-295

  Reynaert, Cristine C ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34249045135     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-006-9045-4     Document Type: Article

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