Incandescent affect: Turning on the hot emotional system with bright light

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-216

  Xu, Alison Jing ^a   Labroo, Aparna A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective response; Ambient effects; Decision making; Emotions; Light

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896403908     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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