Come a bit closer: Approach motor actions lead to feeling similar and behavioral assimilation

Social Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-58

  Nussinson, Ravit ^a   Seibt, Beate ^b   Häfner, Michael ^c   Strack, Fritz ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 77249089863     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2010.28.1.40     Document Type: Article

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