Turn-frogs and careful-sweaters: Non-conscious perception of incongruous word pairings provokes fluid compensation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 246-249

  Randles, Daniel ^a   Proulx, Travis ^b   Heine, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissonance; Fluid compensation; Meaning; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650035577     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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