Knowing who's boss: fMRI and ERP investigations of social dominance perception

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-214

  Chiao, Joan Y ^a   Adams, Reginald B ^b   Tse, Peter U ^c   Lowenthal, William T ^d   Richeson, Jennifer A ^a   Ambady, Nalini ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; ERP; Facial; fMRI; Social dominance; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649137581     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207088038     Document Type: Article

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