The ecological validity of fluency

The Experience of Thinking: How the Fluency of Mental Processes Influences Cognition and Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 190-219

  Herzog, Stefan M ^a   Hertwig, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203078938     Document Type: Chapter

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