Social categorization and fit detection under cognitive load: Efficient or effortful?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-516

  Klauer, Karl Christoph ^a   Ehrenberg, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 22944461768     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.266     Document Type: Article

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