Fluency and Psychological Distance
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چکیده
This paper examines the possibility that fluency – the subjective experience of ease or difficulty associated with cognitive processing – has an impact on the psychological distance of stimuli. Two studies directly examine the relationship between fluency and psychological distance. Five additional studies look at the implications of that relationship.
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Effects of fluency on psychological distance and mental construal (or why New York is a large city, but New York is a civilized jungle).
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