How “mental time travel” turns product images into purchases
New research finds that digital product displays which trigger memories of past experiences lead shoppers to mentally simulate future ones,...
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New research finds that digital product displays which trigger memories of past experiences lead shoppers to mentally simulate future ones,...
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