A tale of two primes: Contextual limits on stereotype activation

Social Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-247

  Castelli, Luigi ^a,c   Macrae, C Neil ^b   Zogmaister, Cristina ^a   Arcuri, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Dipto di Psicologia dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

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EID: 3142695655     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.22.2.233.35462     Document Type: Article

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