Fondness makes the distance grow shorter: Desired locations seem closer because they seem more vivid

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Alter, Adam L ^a   Balcetis, Emily ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance perception; Fluency; Motivated perception; Vividness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650009794     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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