Imagine no religion: Heretical disgust, anger and the symbolic purity of mind

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 778-796

  Ritter, Ryan S ^a   Preston, Jesse L ^a   Salomon, Erika ^a   Relihan Johnson, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Disgust; Heretical thought; Morality of mind; Religion

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISGUST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; THINKING; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TABOO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANGER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TABOO; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928242304     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1030334     Document Type: Article

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