How to seem telepathic: Enabling mind reading by matching construal

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 700-705

  Eyal, Tal ^a   Epley, Nicholas ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Construal level; Mind reading; Perspective taking; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTUITION; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

BEAUTY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPATHY;

EID: 77953796315     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610367754     Document Type: Article

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