Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1041-1044

  Karremans, Johan C ^a   Verwijmeren, Thijs ^a   Pronk, Tila M ^a   Reitsma, Meyke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Mixed sex interaction; Self presentation; Self regulation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650738630     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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