Social presence effects in the Stroop task: Further evidence for an attentional view of social facilitation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1011-1024

  Huguet, Pascal ^a,c   Galvaing, Marie P ^a   Monteil, Jean M ^a,b   Dumas, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b Museum of Aquitaine   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PERSONALITY TEST; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL FACILITATION; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0033228372     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.5.1011     Document Type: Article

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