Duration Sensitivity Depends on Stimulus Familiarity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-186

  Morewedge, Carey K ^a   Kassam, Karim S ^b   Hsee, Christopher K ^c   Caruso, Eugene M ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

duration neglect; evaluability; joint and single evaluation; judgment and decision making; magnitude estimation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749092325     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015219     Document Type: Article

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