Winners love winning and losers love money

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 602-606

  Kassam, Karim S ^a   Morewedge, Carey K ^a   Gilbert, Daniel T ^b   Wilson, Timothy D ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; attention; comparison; happiness; judgment and decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REWARD;

EID: 79955765233     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611405681     Document Type: Article

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