The bigger one of the "Big Two"? Preferential processing of communal information

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 935-948

  Abele, Andrea E ^a   Bruckmüller, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency; Categorization speed; Communion; Person perception; Recognition speed; Speed of inferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959496718     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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