In the Mood to Get Over Yourself: Mood Affects Theory-of-Mind Use

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 725-730

  Converse, Benjamin A ^a   Lin, Shuhong ^a   Keysar, Boaz ^a   Epley, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

egocentrism; heuristics; mood; perspective taking; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

EID: 54849432387     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013283     Document Type: Article

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