Retraction notice to "The effect of color (red versus blue) on assimilation versus contrast in prime-to-behavior effects" [Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 47 (2011) 653-656];The effect of color (red versus blue) on assimilation versus contrast in prime-to-behavior effects

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 653-656

  Smeesters, Dirk ^a   Liu, Jia Elke ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Color; Contrast; Priming; Similarity focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952814486     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.016     Document Type: Erratum

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