Emotional and persuasive perception of fonts

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Juni, Samuel ^a   Gross, Julie S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLICATION; READING; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; READING; WRITING;

EID: 41849109470     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.106.1.35-42     Document Type: Article

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