Perspective taking eliminates differences in co-representation of out-group members' actions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 423-428

  Müller, Barbara C N ^a   Kühn, Simone ^b   Van Baaren, Rick B ^a   Dotsch, Ron ^a   Brass, Marcel ^b   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action co representation; Action perception link; Group membership; Joint action; Task sharing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SIMON TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 79958227242     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2654-7     Document Type: Article

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