A bad taste in the mouth: Gustatory disgust influences moral judgment

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-299

  Eskine, Kendall J ^a,b   Kacinik, Natalie A ^a,b   Prinz, Jesse J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

embodied cognition; morality; political orientation; taste perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; TASTE;

BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; POLITICS; TASTE;

EID: 79954508237     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611398497     Document Type: Article

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