Spontaneous goal inferences are often inferred faster than spontaneous trait inferences

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-18

  Van Overwalle, Frank ^a   Van Duynslaeger, Marijke ^a   Coomans, Daphné ^a   Timmermans, Bert ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Goals; Multiple Inferences; Spontaneous inferences; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655162194     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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