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The “Visual Preference Heuristic”: The Influence of Visual versus Verbal Depiction on Assortment Pro...

The “Visual Preference Heuristic”: The Influence of Visual versus Verbal Depiction on Assortment Pro...

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The “Visual Preference Heuristic”: The Influence of Visual versus Verbal Depiction on Assortment Processing, Perceived Variety, and Choice Overload

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The “Visual Preference Heuristic”: The Influence of Visual versus Verbal Depiction on Assortment Processing, Perceived Variety, and Choice Overload

Publisher

Oxford: University of Chicago Press

Journal title

The Journal of consumer research, 2014-02, Vol.40 (5), p.993-1015

Language

English

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Oxford: University of Chicago Press

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Contents

The “visual preference heuristic” suggests that consumers prefer visual to verbal depiction of information in a product assortment. Images produce greater perceptions of variety than text, which is appealing in assortment selection, but can result in choice complexity and overload when choice sets are large and preferences are unknown, suggesting a...

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The “Visual Preference Heuristic”: The Influence of Visual versus Verbal Depiction on Assortment Processing, Perceived Variety, and Choice Overload

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1491383427

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1491383427

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ISSN

0093-5301

E-ISSN

1537-5277

DOI

10.1086/673521

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