Insufficient emotion: Soul-searching by a former indicter of strong emotions

Emotion Review

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-239

  Loewenstein, George ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954736010     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073910362598     Document Type: Review

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