Intercultural non-conscious influences: Prosocial effects of Buddhist priming on Westerners of Christian tradition

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-466

  Clobert, Magali ^a   Saroglou, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Cultural priming; Ethnic prejudice; Prosociality; Universalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879840349     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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