It hurts when I do this (or you do that): Posture and pain tolerance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Bohns, Vanessa K ^a   Wiltermuth, Scott S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Dominance; Embodiment; Interpersonal relations; Pain; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655172569     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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