Retraction to The magic spell of language: Linguistic categories and their perceptual consequences [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93 (2007) 23-33] doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.1.23;The Magic Spell of Language: Linguistic Categories and Their Perceptual Consequences

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Stapel, Diederik A ^a   Semin, Gün R ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

language; linguistic categorization model; linguistic relativity; perception; priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548816448     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031271     Document Type: Erratum

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