Are consumers aware of top-bottom but not of left-right inferences? Implications for shelf space positions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 224-241

  Valenzuela, Ana ^a,b   Raghubir, Priya ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice preferences; In store displays; Inferences; Position schemas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; PROCEDURES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; SPACE PERCEPTION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941775199     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000055     Document Type: Article

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