Toward you: The social side of actions

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Becchio, Cristina ^a   Sartori, Luisa ^b   Castiello, Umberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Competition; Cooperation; Kinematics; Motor control; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954460729     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410370131     Document Type: Article

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