The Common Pain of Surrealism and Death: Acetaminophen Reduces Compensatory Affirmation Following Meaning Threats

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 966-973

  Randles, Daniel ^a   Heine, Steven J ^a   Santos, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

attitudes; brain; meaning; threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878779716     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612464786     Document Type: Article

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