When under threat, we all look the same: Distinctiveness threat induces ingroup homogeneity in face memory

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1004-1010

  Wilson, John Paul ^a   Hugenberg, Kurt ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup processes; Intergroup relations; Person perception; Social cognition; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956616528     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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