Becoming a social agent: Developmental foundations of an embodied social psychology

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1196-1206

  Daum, Moritz M ^a   Sommerville, Jessica A ^b   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 79956178794     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.672     Document Type: Article

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