On Faces, Gazes, Votes, and Followers: Evolutionary Psychological and Social Neuroscience Approaches to Leadership

Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-110

  van Vugt, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXPERIENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GAME; GAZE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; SOCIOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 84896695418     PISSN: 09456082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02904-7_6     Document Type: Article

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