How farsighted are behavioral tendencies of approach and avoidance? The effect of stimulus valence on immediate vs. ultimate distance change

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 622-627

  Krieglmeyer, Regina ^a,b   De Houwer, Jan ^c   Deutsch, Roland ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action effect; Approach avoidance; Automatic; Distance change; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952815914     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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