You can't see much in the dark darkness affects construal level and psychological distance

Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-184

  Steidle, Anna ^a   Werth, Lioba ^a   Hanke, Eva Verena ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brightness; Construal level; Darkness; Psychological distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960253832     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000061     Document Type: Article

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