When emotions improve reasoning: The possible roles of relevance and utility

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 399-413

  Blanchette, Isabelle ^a   Caparos, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotions; Logic; Reasoning; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887931313     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2013.791642     Document Type: Article

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