Time Flies When You're Having Approach-Motivated Fun: Effects of Motivational Intensity on Time Perception

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 879-886

  Gable, Philip A ^a   Poole, Bryan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

approach motivation; attention; emotion; motivation; positive affect; time perception

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865061205     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611435817     Document Type: Article

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