Searching for happiness across cultures

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 85-107

  Damjanovic, Ljubica ^a   Roberson, Debi ^b   Athanasopoulos, Panos ^c   Kasai, Chise ^d   Dyson, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CULTURE; EMOTION; HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE; LANGUAGE; VISUAL SEARCH

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049455928     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853710X497185     Document Type: Article

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