Culture, brain transplants and implicit theories of identity

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 460-462

  Mahalingam, Ramaswami ^a   Rodriguez, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Caste; Power and implicit theories; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849010193     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853706778554968     Document Type: Article

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