Can negative mood improve your conversation? Affective influences on conforming to Grice's communication norms

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 326-334

  Koch, Alex S ^a   Forgas, Joseph P ^a   Matovic, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84880702173     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1950     Document Type: Article

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