The effect of cognitive load on social categorization in the category confusion paradigm

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 621-639

  Spears, Russell ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^b   Jansen, Ruurd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033174170     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199908/09)29:5/6<621::AID-EJSP969>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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