Does injustice affect your sense of taste and smell? The mediating role of moral disgust

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 852-859

  Skarlicki, Daniel P ^a   Hoegg, JoAndrea ^a   Aquino, Karl ^a   Nadisic, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Disgust; Interpersonal injustice; Moral emotions; Sensory responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878971007     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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