Power changes how the brain responds to others

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 755-762

  Hogeveen, Jeremy ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b   Obhi, Sukhvinder S ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human mirror system; Motor resonance; Power; Social cognitive neuroscience; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897555251     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033477     Document Type: Article

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