Cognitive consequences of novelty and familiarity: How mere exposure influences level of construal

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 444-447

  Förster, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construal level theory; Familiarity; Integrating information; Mere exposure; Novelty; Processing Styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049088216     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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