The malleable effect of name fluency on pharmaceutical drug perception

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1369-1374

  Cho, Hyejeung ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

advancedness; drug names; fluency; perception; risk

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941066854     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105314525486     Document Type: Article

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