The influence of music on mild driver aggression

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-134

  Wiesenthal, David L ^a   Hennessy, Dwight A ^b   Totten, Brad ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Music; Time urgency; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042709529     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(03)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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