The Distinct Psychologies of "Looking" and "Leaping": Assessment and Locomotion as the Springs of Action

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-92

  Kruglanski, Arie W ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^b   Mannetti, Lucia ^b   Higgins, Tory E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84873502026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12015     Document Type: Article

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