The spontaneous suppression of racial stereotypes

Social Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 340-352

  Wyer, Natalie A ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey W ^b   Stroessner, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

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EID: 0032332539     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1998.16.3.340     Document Type: Article

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