Why do we Think Racially?

Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1009-1033

  Machery, Edouard ^a   Faucher, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044612-7/50101-3     Document Type: Chapter

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