Bodily perspective taking goes social: The role of personal, interpersonal, and intercultural factors

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1369-1381

  Mohr, Christine ^a,b   Rowe, Angela C ^b   Kurokawa, Izumi ^b   Dendy, Laura ^b   Theodoridou, Angeliki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84880326812     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12093     Document Type: Article

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