Children's gender categorization: An investigation of automatic processing

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-102

  Bennett, Mark ^a   Sani, Fabio ^a   Hopkins, Nick ^a   Agostini, Luisa ^b   Malucchi, Lucilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 0034338713     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151000165599     Document Type: Article

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