Evaluating Multiepisode Events: Boundary Conditions for the Peak-End Rule

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-213

  Miron Shatz, Talya ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Day Reconstruction Method; heuristics; judgment; peak end rule; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENMARK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OHIO; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 65249146572     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015295     Document Type: Article

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