On the limits of the relation of disgust to judgments of immorality

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kayyal, Mary H ^a   Pochedly, Joseph ^a   McCarthy, Alyssa ^a   Russell, James A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; disgust; emotion; language; morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024828180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00951     Document Type: Article

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