When colors backfire: The impact of color cues on moral judgment

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-348

  De Bock, Tine ^a   Pandelaere, Mario ^b   Van Kenhove, Patrick ^b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Color; Conceptual fluency; Intuition; Moral judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878903775     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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