The experience of thinking how the fluency of mental processes influences cognition and behaviour

When retrieving a quote from memory, evaluating a testimony's truthfulness, or deciding which products to buy, people experience immediate feelings of ease or difficulty, of fluency or disfluency. Such ""experiences of thinking"" occur with every cognitive process, including...

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Other Authors: Greifeneder, Rainer (-), Unkelbach, Christian
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Psychology Press 2013.
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Summary:When retrieving a quote from memory, evaluating a testimony's truthfulness, or deciding which products to buy, people experience immediate feelings of ease or difficulty, of fluency or disfluency. Such ""experiences of thinking"" occur with every cognitive process, including perceiving, processing, storing, and retrieving information, and they have been the defining element of a vibrant field of scientific inquiry during the last four decades. This book brings together the latest research on how such experiences of thinking influence cognition and behavior. The chapters present recen
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781136157899
9780203078938
9781136157905