Fluency heuristic

Fluency heuristic

A "fluency heuristic" in psychology is a mental heuristic where, if one out of two objects is processed more fluently, faster, or more smoothly, the mind infers that this object has the higher value with respect to what question is being considered. (Jacoby & Brooks, 1984)


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