Nice and easy does it: How perceptual fluency moderates the effectiveness of imagined contact

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-262

  West, Keon ^a   Bruckmüller, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imagined contact; Islamophobia; Metacognitive experience; Perceptual fluency; Prejudice; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871772617     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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