The Use of Stereotypical Gender Information in Constructing a Mental Model: Evidence from English and Spanish

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 639-663

  Carreiras, Manuel ^a   Garnham, Alan ^b   Oakhill, Jane ^b   Cain, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; SEX; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN;

COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; SEX; SPAIN; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0030207722     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755647     Document Type: Article

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