Disfluency disrupts the confirmation bias

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 178-182

  Hernandez, Ivan ^a   Preston, Jesse Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Confirmation bias; Fluency; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867523136     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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