A Wrinkle in time: Asymmetric valuation of past and future events

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 796-801

  Caruso, Eugene M ^a   Gilbert, Daniel T ^b,d   Wilson, Timothy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MOTIVATION; RECALL; REWARD; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 50249092693     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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