Communicating science-based recommendations with memorable and actionable guidelines

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 13634-13641

  Ratner, Rebecca K ^a   Riis, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Consumer behavior; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEMORY; NUTRITION POLICY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SCIENCE;

EID: 84907205622     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320649111     Document Type: Article

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