Liberating Reason From the Passions: Overriding Intuitionist Moral Judgments Through Emotion Reappraisal

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 788-795

  Feinberg, Matthew ^a   Willer, Robb ^a   Antonenko, Olga ^a   John, Oliver P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional control; emotions; judgment; morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863884438     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611434747     Document Type: Article

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