For love or money? What motivates people to know the minds of others?

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-549

  Harkness, Kate L ^a   Jacobson, Jill A ^a   Sinclair, Brooke ^a   Chan, Emilie ^a   Sabbagh, Mark A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Motivation; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMALS TASK; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONEY; MOOD; MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; MOTIVATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TASK, REVISED; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859648454     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.588689     Document Type: Article

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