The automatic and co-occurring activation of multiple social inferences

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-49

  Todd, Andrew R ^a   Molden, Daniel C ^b   Ham, Jaap ^c   Vonk, Roos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attribution; Automaticity; Person perception; Spontaneous inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650016365     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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