Unstable Power Threatens the Powerful and Challenges the Powerless: Evidence from Cardiovascular Markers of Motivation

Possessing social power has psychological and biological benefits. For example, during task interactions, people high in power are more likely to display a benign cardiovascular response pattern indicative of challenge whereas people low in power are more likely to display a maladaptive cardiovascul...

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Main Authors: Daan eScheepers, Charlotte eRöell, Naomi eEllemers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00720/full