The Fluency Amplification Model: Fluent stimuli show more intense but not evidently more positive evaluations

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 148, Issue , 2014, Pages 195-203

  Albrecht, Sabine ^a   Carbon, Claus Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Attribution; Liking; Perseptual illusion; Processing fluency; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AESTHETICS; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKING; MALE; PERSEPTUAL ILLUSION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCESSING FLUENCY; VALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AESTHETICS; ATTRIBUTION; LIKING; PERSEPTUAL ILLUSION; PROCESSING FLUENCY; VALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894772987     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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