Dirty Hands and Dirty Mouths: Embodiment of the Moral-Purity Metaphor is Specific to the Motor Modality Involved in Moral Transgression

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1423-1425

  Lee, Spike W S ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOUTHWASH;

ARTICLE; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MORALITY; MOUTH; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; METAPHOR; MORALS; MOUTH; MOUTHWASHES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 78649986090     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610382788     Document Type: Article

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