Vital Dimensions in Volume Perception: Can the Eye Fool the Stomach?

Journal of Marketing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-326

  Raghubir, Priya ^a   Krishna, Aradhna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 85108000065     PISSN: 00222437     EISSN: 15477193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002224379903600302     Document Type: Article

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