Cognitive representations of black Americans: Reexploring the role of skin tone

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 250-259

  Maddox, Keith B ^a   Gray, Stephanie A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044531713     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202282010     Document Type: Review

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