Boosting wisdom: Distance from the self enhances wise reasoning, attitudes, and behavior

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-48

  Kross, Ethan ^a   Grossmann, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Distance; Emotion regulation; Emotional intelligence; Reasoning; Self; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; THINKING;

EID: 84861752020     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024158     Document Type: Article

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