Reading Between the Minds: The Use of Stereotypes in Empathic Accuracy

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1040-1046

  Lewis, Karyn L ^a   Hodges, Sara D ^a   Laurent, Sean M ^a   Srivastava, Sanjay ^a   Biancarosa, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

social cognition; social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866353133     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612439719     Document Type: Article

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