The vertical nature of dominance-submission: Individual differences in vertical attention

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 933-948

  Robinson, Michael D ^a   Zabelina, Darya L ^a   Ode, Scott ^a   Moeller, Sara K ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Dominance; Metaphor; Personality; Submission; Verticality

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149105905     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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