Boys don't cry: Cognitive load and priming increase stereotypic sex differences in emotion memory

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 303-309

  Van Boven, Leaf ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Cognitive load; Emotion; Memory; Sex differences; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655162028     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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