On the Role of Attention and Emotion in Morality: Attentional Control Modulates Unrelated Disgust in Moral Judgments

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1222-1231

  van Dillen, Lotte F ^a   van der Wal, Reine C ^b   van den Bos, Kees ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attentional control; disgust; moral judgment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864628782     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212448485     Document Type: Article

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