Mimicry reduces racial prejudice

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 361-365

  Inzlicht, Michael ^a   Gutsell, Jennifer N ^a   Legault, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empathy; Implicit prejudice; Mimicry; Prejudice; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655162234     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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