Cognitive dissonance and the perception of natural environments

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 917-921

  Balcetis, Emily ^a   Dunning, David ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; VISION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34748838994     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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