Bitter Taste Causes Hostility

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1589-1597

  Sagioglou, Christina ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

aggressive affect; bitter taste; hostility; provocation; taste affect nexus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911165085     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214552792     Document Type: Article

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