When Is an Image a Health Claim? A False-Recollection Method to Detect Implicit Inferences About Products' Health Benefits

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 898-907

  Klepacz, Naomi A ^a   Nash, Robert A ^b   Egan, M Bernadette ^c   Raats, Monique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Charo E Hodgkins

Author keywords

false recognition; health claims; imagery; inference; memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTISING; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EUROPE; FALSE RECOLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CLAIM; HEALTH INFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MISINFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION LABELING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PACKAGING IMAGERY; PRODUCT SAFETY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021859184     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000317     Document Type: Article

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