Bound to Lose: Physical Incapacitation Increases the Conceptualized Size of an Antagonist in Men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Holbrook, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REINFORCEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881325457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071306     Document Type: Article

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