Listen to your heart: When false somatic feedback shapes moral behavior

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-312

  Gu, Jun ^a   Zhong, Chen Bo ^b   Page Gould, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; False feedback paradigm; Heartbeat; Morality; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881230645     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029549     Document Type: Article

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