Children's and adults' recall of sex-stereotyped toy pictures: Effects of presentation and memory task

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-27

  Cherney, Isabelle D ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender schema; Human sex differences; Memory; Stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744434263     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.372     Document Type: Review

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