Hot under the collar in a lukewarm environment: Words associated with hot temperature increase aggressive thoughts and hostile perceptions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1045-1047

  Nathan DeWall, C ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Heat; Priming; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650717287     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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