Social influence and the brain: Persuasion, susceptibility to influence and retransmission

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-57

  Cascio, Christopher N ^a   Scholz, Christin ^a   Falk, Emily B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CONFLICT; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PEER PRESSURE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84922438768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.01.007     Document Type: Review

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