“…The research so far suggests that an animated product presentation (immersive or nonimmersive) improves consumers' confidence, heightens their subsequent preference toward the animated brand, and increases their likelihood of choosing it (e.g., Haubl & Figueroa, 2001;Hoch & Deighton, 1989;Kim & Biocca, 1997), possibly, as indicated earlier, because it increases the product's tangibility (Koernig, 2003). Following this line of research, this work tests the possibility that the attraction effect might depend on the animation (or lack thereof) of the choice stimuli.…”