Accentuation and sensitization effects in the categorization of multifaceted stimuli

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 927-941

  Corneille, Olivier ^b   Judd, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033227266     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.5.927     Document Type: Article

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