Affect-Laden Imagery and Risk Taking: The Mediating Role of Stress and Risk Perception
This paper investigates how affect-laden imagery that evokes emotional stress influences risk perception and risk taking in real-life scenarios. In a series of three studies, we instructed participants to imagine the consequences of risky scenarios and then rate the intensity of the experienced stre...
Main Authors: | Traczyk, Jakub, Sobkow, Agata, Zaleskiewicz, Tomasz |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376914/ |
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