The economy of social resources and its influence on spatial perceptions

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Gross, Elizabeth B ^a   Proffitt, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Extraversion; Social baseline; Social resources; Spatial perception; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

EID: 84888097158     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00772     Document Type: Review

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