What does it mean to be human? How salience of the human category affects responses to intergroup harm

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 866-873

  Morton, Thomas A ^a   Postmes, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 82155191322     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.831     Document Type: Article

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