The affect disruption hypothesis: The effect of analytic thought on the fluency and appeal of art

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 964-976

  Halberstadt, Jamin ^a   Hooton, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFFECT; ART; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 47249111738     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701597668     Document Type: Article

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