A matter of design: Priming context and person perception

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1012-1015

  Macrae, C Neil ^a   Cloutier, Jasmin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Category activation; Person perception; Priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650759702     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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