Picture-IAT versus word-IAT: Level of stimulus representation influences on the IAT

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-337

  Foroni, Francesco ^a   Bel Bahar, Tarik ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 77955581029     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.626     Document Type: Article

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