The devil is in the deliberation: Thinking too much reduces preference consistency

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Nordgren, Loran F ^a   Dijksterhuis, A P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67649207749     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596306     Document Type: Article

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