Lacking power impairs executive functions: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-447

  Smith, Pamela K ^a   Jostmann, Nils B ^b   Galinsky, Adam D ^c   Van Dijk, Wilco W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NETHERLANDS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 43149084609     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02107.x     Document Type: Article

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