A review of neurocognitive mechanisms of social conformity

Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 466-478

  Schnuerch, Robert ^a   Gibbons, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

PMFC; Social conformity; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919443702     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000213     Document Type: Review

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