More Than Skin Deep: Visceral States Are Not Projected Onto Dissimilar Others

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-396

  O'Brien, Ed ^a   Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

dissimilarity; egocentric projection; intergroup dynamics; judgment; social cognition; social judgment; social perception; theory of mind; visceral states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859867618     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611432179     Document Type: Article

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