Affective forecasting: Why can't people predict their emotions?

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-80

  Ayton, Peter ^a   Pott, Alice ^a   Elwakili, Najat ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847013748     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780600872726     Document Type: Review

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