I didn't mean to hurt you! Unconscious origins of experienced self-agency over others' emotions

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-141

  Ruys, Kirsten I ^a   Aarts, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Authorship ascription; Emotion; Priming; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DISGUST; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF AGENCY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING; CONTROL; HUMAN RELATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864372445     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023161     Document Type: Article

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