Aging and prejudice: Diminished regulation of automatic race bias among older adults

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 410-414

  Gonsalkorale, Karen ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey W ^b   Klauer, Karl Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Automatic associations; Implicit attitudes; Prejudice; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049090194     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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