The color of sin: White and black are perceptual symbols of moral purity and pollution

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1019-1025

  Sherman, Gary D ^a   Clore, Gerald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LITERATURE; MALE; MORALITY; REACTION TIME; RELIGION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; MORALS; REACTION TIME; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STROOP TEST;

EID: 68249123595     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02403.x     Document Type: Article

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