Bicultural mind, self-construal, and self- and mother-reference effects: Consequences of cultural priming on recognition memory

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 818-824

  Sui, Jie ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Chiu, Chi yue ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

American culture; Chinese culture; Culture priming; Mother reference effect; Recognition memory; Self construal; Self reference effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547191115     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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