Stereotype strength and attentional bias: Preference for confirming versus disconfirming information depends on processing capacity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1081-1087

  Allen, Thomas J ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey W ^a   Conrey, Frederica R ^b   Stroessner, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ICF Macro   (United States)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive load; Implicit associations; Stereotype strength; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049088654     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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