Mind at ease puts a smile on the face: Psychophysiological evidence that processing facilitation elicits positive affect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 989-1000

  Winkielman, Piotr ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SMILING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047684608     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.6.989     Document Type: Article

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