Marching into battle: Synchronized walking diminishes the conceptualized formidability of an antagonist in men

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Holbrook, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Fighting capacity; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FIGHTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAIT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 84929836173     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0592     Document Type: Article

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