Individual differences in the accuracy of detecting social covariations: Ecological sensitivity

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-455

  Carter, Jason D ^a   Hall, Judith A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological sensitivity; Gender; Individual differences; Interpersonal sensitivity; Nonverbal communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649115200     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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