Retraction of Förster (2009);Relations Between Perceptual and Conceptual Scope: How Global Versus Local Processing Fits a Focus on Similarity Versus Dissimilarity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-111

  Förster, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

construal level; power; processing styles; regulatory focus; similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949239109     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0040143     Document Type: Erratum

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