Explicit Evidence on the Import of Implicit Attitudes: The IAT and Immigration Policy Judgments

Political Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-545

  Pérez, Efrén O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Immigration; Implicit association test (IAT); Implicit attitudes; Latino immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449303788     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9115-z     Document Type: Article

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