The role of emotional context in facilitating imitative actions

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-315

  Grecucci, Alessandro ^a   Koch, Iring ^b   Rumiati, Raffaella Ida ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Emotions; Imitation; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 80053317064     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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