Money priming can change people's thoughts, feelings, motivations, and behaviors: An update on 10 years of experiments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e86-e93

  Vohs, Kathleen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Competence; Money; Priming; Prosocial

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THINKING;

CUES; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINKING;

EID: 84938125015     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000091     Document Type: Article

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