Social Connection Modulates Perceptions of Animacy

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1943-1948

  Powers, Katherine E ^a,b   Worsham, Andrea L ^a   Freeman, Jonathan B ^a   Wheatley, Thalia ^a   Heatherton, Todd F ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

face perception; interpersonal relationships; loneliness; motivation; social perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910067474     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614547706     Document Type: Article

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