The modifier effect and property mutability

Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 233 - 248
Published: Apr 1, 2011
Abstract
The modifier effect is the reduction in perceived likelihood of a generic property sentence, when the head noun is modified. We investigated the prediction that the modifier effect would be stronger for mutable than for central properties, without finding evidence for this predicted interaction over the course of five experiments. However Experiment 6, which provided a brief context for the modified concepts to lend them greater credibility, did...
Paper Details
Title
The modifier effect and property mutability
Published Date
Apr 1, 2011
Volume
64
Issue
3
Pages
233 - 248
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