Schematic influences of rape myth acceptance on visual information processing: An eye-tracking approach

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 660-668

  Süssenbach, Philipp ^a   Bohner, Gerd ^a   Eyssel, Friederike ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Rape myth; Schematic processing; Social norm feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858079022     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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