Through with the looking glass: Escape responses to implicit mirror exposure

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 464-470

  Burris, Christopher T ^a   Lai, Eugene ^b  

^a ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive deconstruction; Embodiment; Flow; Meaning; Mirror; Self awareness; Transcendence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR EXPOSURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

AWARENESS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84857507485     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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