Supine body posture decreases rationalizations: Testing the action-based model of dissonance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 228-234

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Price, Tom F ^a   Harmon Jones, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Attitude; Cognitive dissonance; Decision; Embodiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909619333     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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