Knowing how they feel: Perceiving emotions felt by outgroups

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Seger, Charles R ^a   Smith, Eliot R ^a   Kinias, Zoe ^b   Mackie, Diane M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Emotions; Intergroup; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549107921     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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