TY - GEN AU - Velasco, Carlos AU - Salgado Montejo, Alejandro AU - Elliot, Andrew J. AU - Woods, Andy T. AU - Alvarado, Jorge AU - Spence, Charles PY - 2016 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10818/36800 AB - People prefer curved and symmetrical shapes to their angular and asymmetrical counterparts. While it is known that stimulus valence is central to approach and avoidance motivation, the exact nature of the relationship between curvature/symmetry and... LA - eng PB - Motivation and Emotion KW - Symmetry KW - Curvature KW - Approach KW - Avoidance KW - Motivation KW - Valence TI - The shapes associated with approach/avoidance words DO - 10.1007/s11031-016-9559-5 ER -