Nonconscious effects of power on basic approach and avoidance tendencies

Social Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Smith, Pamela K ^a   Bargh, John A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48749126276     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2008.26.1.1     Document Type: Article

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