Differences in Fear of Isolation as an explanation of Cultural Differences: Evidence from memory and reasoning

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-364

  Kim, Kyungil ^a   Markman, Arthur B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Fear of isolation; Memory; Motivation; Reasoning; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645917386     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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