The chameleon effect: The perception-behavior link and social interaction

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 893-910

  Chartrand, Tanya L ^a   Bargh, John A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POSTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033238097     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.6.893     Document Type: Article

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