The Cultural Context of Cognition: What the Implicit Association Test Tells Us About How Culture Works

Sociological Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-143

  Shepherd, Hana ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Culture; Environment; Situational cues; The individual

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551636945     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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