Mindfulness and the Neuroscience of Influence

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2014, Pages 387-403

  Falk, Emily B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Mindfulness; Social influence; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979917457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118294895.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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