Afterimages of savages: Implicit associations between 'primitives', animals and children

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-105

  Saminaden, Annick ^a   Loughnan, Stephen ^a   Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952760575     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X415293     Document Type: Article

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