Construal-Level Theory of Psychological Distance

Psychological Review

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 440-463

  Trope, Yaacov ^a   Liberman, Nira ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

abstraction; mental construal; mental travel; psychological distance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VISION;

DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77953157214     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018963     Document Type: Article

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