The stereotyper and the chameleon: The effects of stereotype use on perceivers' mimicry

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 835-839

  Castelli, Luigi ^a   Pavan, Giulia ^a   Ferrari, Elisabetta ^a   Kashima, Yoshihisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mimicry; Stereotype use

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650742118     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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