Epistemic curiosity, feeling-of-knowing, and exploratory behaviour

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-582

  Litman, Jordan A ^a,b   Hutchins, Tiffany L ^a   Russon, Ryan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 21244490029     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930441000427     Document Type: Article

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