Anxiety and impression formation: Direct information rather than priming explains affect-congruity

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1455-1469

  Curtis, Guy J ^a   Locke, Vance ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 35248896732     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930601134000     Document Type: Article

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