Cuteness and disgust: The humanizing and dehumanizing effects of emotion

Emotion Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Sherman, Gary D ^a   Haidt, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropomorphism; cuteness; disgust; mentalizing; morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959946386     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073911402396     Document Type: Review

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