Subliminal exposure to faces and racial attitudes: Exposure to Whites makes Whites like Blacks less

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-64

  Smith, Pamela K ^a   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^b   Chaiken, Shelly ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude strength; Attitudes toward Whites; Mere exposure; Prejudice; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448980610     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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