Judgment under emotional certainty and uncertainty: The effects of specific emotions on information processing

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 973-988

  Tiedens, Larissa Z ^a   Linton, Susan ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85047686372     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.6.973     Document Type: Article

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