Verbal priming and taste sensitivity make moral transgressions gross

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-28

  Herz, Rachel S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Emotion; Moral; Taste sensitivity; Visceral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; REPETITION PRIMING; SEX FACTORS; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893659258     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035468     Document Type: Article

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