Mellow Monday and furious Friday: The approach-related link between anger and time representation

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1166-1180

  Hauser, David J ^a   Carter, Margaret S ^a   Meier, Brian P ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Approach motivation; Embodiment; Metaphor; Time representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 69449105746     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802358424     Document Type: Article

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