Communication and group perception: Extending the 'saying is believing' effect

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-554

  Hausmann, Leslie R M ^a   Levine, John M ^b   Higgins, E Tory ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Communication; Group perception; Saying is believing; Shared reality; Stereo type development

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249118564     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430208095405     Document Type: Article

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