Choice processing in emotionally difficult decisions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 384-405

  Luce, Mary Frances ^a   Bettman, James R ^b   Payne, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 0031087141     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.2.384     Document Type: Article

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