Predicting individual differences in decision-making process from signature movement styles: An illustrative study of leaders

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Connors, Brenda L ^a   Rende, Richard ^b   Colton, Timothy J ^c  

^a US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hypothetical scenarios; Individual differences; Movement pattern analysis; Observational methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885351078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00658     Document Type: Article

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