Inside the mind reader's tool kit: Projection and stereotyping in mental state inference

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 340-353

  Ames, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; READING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 4644305944     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.3.340     Document Type: Article

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