On being happy and gullible: Mood effects on skepticism and the detection of deception

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1362-1367

  Forgas, Joseph P ^a   East, Rebekah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Detection of deception; Social cognition; Social judgments; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749087859     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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