Stereotype susceptibility narrows the gender gap in imagined self-rotation performance

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 813-819

  Wraga, Maryjane ^a   Duncan, Lauren ^a   Jacobs, Emily C ^b   Helt, Molly ^a   Church, Jessica ^c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847669233     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194002     Document Type: Review

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