Is Choice-Induced Preference Change Long Lasting?

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1123-1129

  Sharot, Tali ^a   Fleming, Stephen M ^b,c   Yu, Xiaoyu ^d   Koster, Raphael ^d,e   Dolan, Raymond J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive dissonance; decision making; preferences; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867643605     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612438733     Document Type: Article

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