Differential information use for near and distant decisions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 638-642

  Ledgerwood, Alison ^a   Wakslak, Cheryl J ^b   Wang, Margery A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base rates; Construal level; Social influence; Temporal distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951602820     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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