Soft assurance: Coping with uncertainty through haptic sensations

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-80

  Van Horen, Femke ^a   Mussweiler, Thomas ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Haptic sensations; Softness; Touch; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899899070     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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