Affect as a motivational state

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1069-1089

  Brehm, Jack W ^a   Miron, Anca M ^b   Miller, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite; Basic affect; Deterrence; Feeling; Motivation; Pleasure; Positive and negative affect; The intensity of emotion theory

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASTE; THEORY;

EID: 69449100213     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802323642     Document Type: Article

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