Groups in space: Stereotypes and the spatial agency bias

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-504

  Maass, Anne ^a   Suitner, Caterina ^a   Favaretto, Xenia ^a   Cignacchi, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agency; Gender stereotypes; Scanning habit; Spatial bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049112778     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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