The role of skin color and facial physiognomy in racial categorization: Moderation by implicit racial attitudes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 867-878

  Stepanova, Elena V ^a   Strube, Michael J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial physiognomy; Implicit racial attitude; Racial categorization; Racial typicality; Skin color

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862231966     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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