The Influence of Level of Processing on Advertising Repetition Effects

This research examines whether or not repetition of features of a stimulus are subject to wearout effects that have until now only been tested for the stimulus as a whole. When consumers process features in either a shallower or deeper manner, the level of processing performed dictates the effect of repeated feature exposure on their judgments. When repeated exposures to features are processed in a shallower fashion, there is an enhancement in evaluations with no subsequent downturn, whereas repeated exposure to features that are processed more deeply results in evaluations that exhibit the classic inverted U-shaped pattern.