Embodied preference judgments: Can likeability be driven by the motor system?: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-57

  Beilock, Sian L ^a   Holt, Lauren E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947262101     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01848.x     Document Type: Article

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