The dampening effect of uncertainty on positive and negative emotions

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Van Dijk, Eric ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotions; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548815514     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.504     Document Type: Article

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