Feeling socially powerless makes you more prone to bumping into things on the right and induces leftward line bisection error

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 910-914

  Wilkinson, David ^a   Guinote, Ana ^b   Weick, Mario ^a   Molinari, Rosanna ^a   Graham, Kylee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651262556     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.6.910     Document Type: Article

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