Expecting to lift a box together makes the load look lighter

Psychological Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 467-475

  Doerrfeld, Adam ^a   Sebanz, Natalie ^b,c   Shiffrar, Maggie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; WEIGHT PERCEPTION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863112275     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0398-4     Document Type: Article

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