Unconscious information processing reduces information overload and increases product satisfaction

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-13

  Messner, Claude ^a   Wänke, Michaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Information overload; Overchoice; Product satisfaction; Unconscious information processing; Unconscious thought theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551489169     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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