Making Small Food Units Seem Regular: How Larger Table Size Reduces Calories to Be Consumed

Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-124

  Davis, Brennan ^a   Payne, Collin R ^b   Bui, My ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015472029     PISSN: 23781815     EISSN: 23781823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684527     Document Type: Article

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