Automatic imitation is automatic, but less so for narcissists

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 613-621

  Hogeveen, Jeremy ^a   Obhi, Sukhvinder S ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic imitation; Automatic processes; Motor resonance; Narcissism; Participant expectations; Social cognitive neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC IMITATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCISSISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873703097     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3339-6     Document Type: Article

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