Review and Summary of Research on the Embodied Effects of Expansive (vs. Contractive) Nonverbal Displays

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 657-663

  Carney, Dana R ^a   Cuddy, Amy J C ^b   Yap, Andy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK-TAKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84930591850     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614566855     Document Type: Article

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