Labels affect both liking and preference: the better the stimuli, the bigger the preference

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2189-2192

  Zellner, Debra A ^a   Hoer, Kaila ^a   Feldman, Juliann ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Hedonic contrast; Olfaction; Preference; Smell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE; SMELLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PLEASURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913572855     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0768-2     Document Type: Article

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