The knife that cuts both ways: Facilitated and inhibited access to traits as a result of stereotype activation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-288

  Dijksterhuis, Ap ^a   Van Knippenberg, Ad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030131718     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1996.0013     Document Type: Article

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