Choices and preferences: Evidence from implicit choices and response times

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1336-1342

  Alós Ferrer, Carlos ^a   Granić, Dura Georg ^a   Shi, Fei ^a   Wagner, Alexander K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice; Cognitive dissonance; Free choice paradigm; Preference; Response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865638412     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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