Affect in the aftermath: How goal pursuit influences implicit evaluations

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-465

  Moore, Sarah G ^a   Ferguson, Melissa J ^b   Chartrand, Tanya L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Attitude; Goal; Implicit; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; COGNITION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79952715592     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.538598     Document Type: Article

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