The independent effects of skin tone and facial features on Whites' affective reactions to Blacks

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 892-898

  Hagiwara, Nao ^a   Kashy, Deborah A ^a   Cesario, Joseph ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrocentric feature; Phenotype; Racial attitude; Skin tone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862193376     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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