Vicarious agency: Experiencing control over the movements of others

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 838-848

  Wegner, Daniel M ^a,c   Sparrow, Betsy ^a,c   Winerman, Lea ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION;

FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2542578745     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.86.6.838     Document Type: Article

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