The psychological consequences of money

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5802, 2006, Pages 1154-1156

  Vohs, Kathleen D ^a   Mead, Nicole L ^b   Goode, Miranda R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FINANCE; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACQUAINTANCES; MONEY; NEUTRAL CONCEPTS; NONMONEY REMINDERS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FINANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; LEISURE; MONEY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL VALUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33751229630     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132491     Document Type: Article

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