Why your highness needs the people: Comparing the absolute and relative representation of power in vertical space

Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-213

  Lakens, Daniël ^a,d   Semin, Gün R ^b   Foroni, Francesco ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Human Technology Interaction Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concepts; Embodiment; Metaphors; Power; Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960285837     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000064     Document Type: Article

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