Divergent effects of different positive emotions on moral judgment

Cognition

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-300

  Strohminger, Nina ^a   Lewis, Richard L ^a   Meyer, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation; Judgment and decision making; Mirth; Morality; Positive emotions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEONTOLOGY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMOR; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LAUGHTER; MALE; MORALS; PERMISSIVENESS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952819020     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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