Aggressive shooting behavior: How working memory and threat influence shoot decisions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 494-497

  Kleider, Heather M ^a   Parrott, Dominic J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Individual differences; Threat; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949182063     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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