The Faintest Speck of Dirt: Disgust Enhances the Detection of Impurity

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1506-1514

  Sherman, Gary D ^a   Haidt, Jonathan ^a   Clore, Gerald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotions; individual differences; perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871216580     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612445318     Document Type: Article

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