On resisting the temptation for simplification: Counterintentional effects of stereotype suppression on social memory

Social Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Macrae, C Nell ^b   Bodenhausen, Galen V ^a   Milne, Alan B ^b   Wheeler, Vicky ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002938155     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1996.14.1.1     Document Type: Article

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