Maintaining stereotypes in communication: Investigating memory biases and coherence-seeking in storytelling

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-71

  Lyons, Anthony ^a   Kashima, Yoshihisa ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Memory; Narratives; Serial reproduction; Stereotype maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644978005     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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