Implicit measures of consumer cognition: A review

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 921-937

  Dimofte, Claudiu V ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649524780     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20366     Document Type: Article

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