Accent trumps race in guiding children's social preferences

Social Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 623-634

  Kinzler, Katherine D ^a   Shutts, Kristin ^a   Dejesus, Jasmine ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 69149104999     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.4.623     Document Type: Article

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