Using startle eye blink to measure the affective component of antigay bias

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-45

  Mahaffey, Amanda L ^a   Bryan, Angela ^a   Hutchison, Kent E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 16244385904     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2701_4     Document Type: Article

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