Effects of culture and processing goals on the activation and binding of trait concepts

Social Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-323

  Zárate, Michael A ^a   Uleman, James S ^b   Voils, Corrine I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New York University ^*

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EID: 0035539508     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.19.3.295.21469     Document Type: Article

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