Black and white: The role of color bias in implicit race bias

Social Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-73

  Smith McLallen, Aaron ^a,b   Johnson, Blair T ^a   Dovidio, John F ^a   Pearson, Adam R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33645153364     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: 0278016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.1.46     Document Type: Review

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