Unconstraining theories of embodied cognition

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-351

  Dantzig, Saskia van ^a   Zeelenberg, René ^b   Pecher, Diane ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; Embodied cognition; Self representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049089207     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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