The turban effect: The influence of Muslim headgear and induced affect on aggressive responses in the shooter bias paradigm

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1409-1413

  Unkelbach, Christian ^a   Forgas, Joseph P ^a   Denson, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mood effects; Muslim headgear; Prejudice; Shooter bias; Stereotypic processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749104293     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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