Forgetting by remembering: Stereotype inhibition through rehearsal of alternative aspects of identity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 420-433

  Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a   Spellman, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross categorization; Inhibition; Retrieval induced forgetting; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141686887     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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