The mere exposure effect and recognition depend on the way you look!

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Willems, Sylvie ^a   Dedonder, Jonathan ^b   Van Der Linden, Martial ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluency; Mere exposure effect; Priming; Processing strategy; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77951645973     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000023     Document Type: Article

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