Participating in politics resembles physical activity: General action patterns in international archives, United States archives, and experiments

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-242

  Noguchi, Kenji ^a   Handley, Ian M ^b   Albarracín, Dolores ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

cross country analyses; general action tendencies; political participation

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952048275     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610393746     Document Type: Article

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