Color and psychological functioning

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Elliot, Andrew J ^a   Maier, Markus A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approach; Avoidance; Color; Motivation; Red

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748866687     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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