Social presence effects on the stroop task: Boundary conditions and an alternative account

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 469-476

  Klauer, Karl Christoph ^a   Herfordt, Julia ^a   Voss, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Social cognition; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849126326     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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