Can implicit appraisal concepts produce emotion-specific effects? A focus on unfairness and anger

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 449-460

  Tong, Eddie M W ^a   Tan, Deborah H ^a   Tan, Yan Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anger; Appraisal; Explicit; Implicit; Unfairness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; UNFAIRNESS;

EID: 84874775772     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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