How I vote depends on how I feel: The differential impact of anger and fear on political information processing

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 548-550

  Parker, Michael T ^a   Isbell, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANGER; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; JUDGMENT; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77951246269     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610364006     Document Type: Article

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