The specific relationship between disgust and interest: Relevance during biology class dissections and gender differences

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-192

  Holstermann, Nina ^a   Ainley, Mary ^b   Grube, Dietmar ^c   Roick, Thorsten ^d   Bögeholz, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biology education; Disgust; Dissection; Emotion; Interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856565726     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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