Body of guilt: Using embodied cognition to mitigate backlash to reminders of personal & ingroup wrongdoing

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 643-650

  Rotella, Katie N ^a   Richeson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective guilt; Embodied cognition; Guilt; Pride

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877070367     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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