Gratitude: A tool for reducing Economic impatience

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1262-1267

  Desteno, David ^a   Li, Ye ^b   Dickens, Leah ^a   Lerner, Jennifer S ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotions; Open data; Open materials; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904747932     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614529979     Document Type: Article

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