Physically attractive social information sources lead to increased selective exposure to information

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-347

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Fischer, Julia K ^b   Aydin, Nilüfer ^b   Frey, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 78649481593     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2010.519208     Document Type: Article

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