From terror to joy: Automatic tuning to positive affective information following mortality salience

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 984-990

  Dewall, C Nathan ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 35348961614     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02013.x     Document Type: Article

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