Look Me in the Eye: Manipulated Eye Gaze Affects Dominance Mindsets

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-194

  Tang, David ^a   Schmeichel, Brandon J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Eye gaze; Submission; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939973368     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-015-0206-8     Document Type: Article

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