Aesthetic appraisal of product designs: Independent effects of typicality and arousal

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-57

  Blijlevens, Janneke ^a   Carbon, Claus Christian ^b   Mugge, Ruth ^a   Schoormans, Jan P L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84655170327     PISSN: 00071268     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02038.x     Document Type: Article

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