Differential reactions of virtual actors and observers to the triggering and interruption of psychological momentum

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 263-269

  Briki, Walid ^a   Doron, Julie ^b   Markman, Keith D ^c   Den Hartigh, Ruud J R ^a,d   Gernigon, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Images Signals and Intelligent Systems Lab (LISSI)   (France)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actors; Inertia; Observers; Pathetic fallacy; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897959404     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-013-9372-3     Document Type: Article

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