Your heart makes my heart move: Cues of social connectedness cause shared emotions and physiological states among strangers

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 661-664

  Cwir, David ^a   Carr, Priyanka B ^b   Walton, Gregory M ^b   Spencer, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Interpersonal interaction; Psychological stress; Social behavior; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952814520     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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