Emotion and the law: A framework for inquiry

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-248

  Wiener, Richard L ^a   Bornstein, Brian H ^a   Voss, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Legal decision making

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMOTION; LAW; MEMORY; PROCESS MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

CRIME; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33747108206     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9025-0     Document Type: Article

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