University of Southern California
Department of Psychology / Brain & Creativity Institute
3620 South McClintock Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90089

Phone: (408) 813-8449
E-Mail: mreimann@usc.edu

Recent research highlights on emotion & consumption, and related topics

Positive emotion: What is the emotional significance of brand relationships? 

Consumers include brands in their "selves" (Reimann et al., 2012, Journal of Consumer Psychology).

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Method: How and when to triangulate 

Triangulation increases the reliability and validity of respondents (Homburg, Klarmann, Reimann, & Schilke, 2012, Journal of Marketing Research).

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Little emotion: Lure of reward for novel neutral brands? 

Can neutrally-valenced stimuli still be rewarding? (Reimann et al., 2012, Marketing Letters).

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Positive emotion: Why do we urge aesthetics? 

Aesthetics increase reward experience (Reimann et al., 2010, Journal of Consumer Psychology).

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