Relative Processing Fluency

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 195-199

  Wänke, Michaela ^a   Hansen, Jochim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

ease of retrieval; mere exposure effect; processing fluency; truth effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930923351     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414561766     Document Type: Article

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