Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1102-1114

  Shteynberg, Garriy ^a   Hirsh, Jacob B ^b,c   Apfelbaum, Evan P ^d   Larsen, Jeff T ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^e   Roese, Neal J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intensity; Group attention; Shared attention; Shared experience; Social influence

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; GROUP ATTENTION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HAPPINESS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; PEER GROUP; POPULATION GROUP; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; POVERTY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SADNESS; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922563501     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037697     Document Type: Article

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