Think different: The merits of unconscious thought in preference development and decision making

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 586-598

  Dijksterhuis, Ap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT; THINKING; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; STUDENTS; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 8744256390     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.5.586     Document Type: Article

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