How beliefs influence the relative magnitude of pleasure and pain

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-382

  Mellers, Barbara A ^a   Ritov, Ilana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Emotions; Hedonic forecasting; Loss aversion; Pain; Pleasure; Surprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649483967     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.662     Document Type: Article

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