Implicit attitudes and racism: Effects of word familiarity and frequency on the implicit association test

Social Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-144

  Ottaway, Scott A ^a   Hayden, Davis C ^a   Oakes, Mark A ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035595902     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.19.2.97.20706     Document Type: Article

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