The burden of guilt: Heavy backpacks, light snacks, and enhanced morality

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 414-424

  Kouchaki, Maryam ^a   Gino, Francesca ^b   Jami, Ata ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied emotion; Guilt; Processing fluency; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SNACKS; STUDENTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84893426735     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031769     Document Type: Article

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