Fluency in context: Discrepancy makes processing experiences informative

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 70-84

  Hansen, Jochim ^a   Wänke, Michaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84940258021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203078938     Document Type: Chapter

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