Advantages of bias and prejudice: An exploration of their neurocognitive templates

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1047-1058

  Tobena, A ^a   Marks, I ^b   Dar, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bias; Neurocognitive templates; Social prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032692536     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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