Embodied motivation: Using a goal systems framework to understand the preference for social and physical warmth

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 965-977

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Risen, Jane L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Goal activation; Knowledge activation; Metaphor; Social warmth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; METAPHOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925438326     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038153     Document Type: Article

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