Need for touch and information processing strategies: An empirical examination

Journal of Consumer Behaviour

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-421

  Yazdanparast, Atefeh ^a   Spears, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84866789671     PISSN: 14720817     EISSN: 14791838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cb.1393     Document Type: Article

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