Embodied cognition: The interplay between automatic resonance and selection-for-action mechanisms

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1180-1187

  Rueschemeyer, Shirley Ann ^a   Lindemann, Oliver ^a   van Elk, Michiel ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79956185666     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.662     Document Type: Article

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