If it's hard to read, it's hard to do: Processing fluency affects effort prediction and motivation

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 986-988

  Song, Hyunjin ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; READING; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; READING; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449122249     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02189.x     Document Type: Article

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