Different brain mechanisms between stereotype activation and application: Evidence from an ERP study

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-66

  Jia, Lei ^a   Dickter, Cheryl L ^b   Luo, Junlong ^a   Xiao, Xiao ^a   Yang, Qun ^a   Lei, Ming ^a   Qiu, Jiang ^a   Zhang, Qinglin ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Event related potentials (ERPs); P2; Stereotype activation and application

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855443596     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2011.580348     Document Type: Article

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