Embodiment in Social Psychology

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 705-716

  Meier, Brian P ^a   Schnall, Simone ^b   Schwarz, Norbert ^c   Bargh, John A ^d  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Grounded cognition; Metaphor; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865071549     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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