The mimicker is a mirror of myself: Impact of mimicking on self-consciousness and social anxiety

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 725-728

  Guéguen, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Mimicry; Self consciousness; Self focus; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960092168     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.6.725     Document Type: Article

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