The innuendo effect: Hearing the positive but inferring the negative

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-85

  Kervyn, Nicolas ^a   Bergsieker, Hilary B ^b   Fiske, Susan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Competence; Innuendo effect; Warmth

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655173806     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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