Social categories as a context for the allocation of attentional control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 934-943

  Cañadas, Elena ^a   Rodríguez Bailón, Rosa ^a   Milliken, Bruce ^b   Lupiáñez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Categorization; Individualization; Social context specific PCE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; STEREOTYPING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84888062053     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029794     Document Type: Article

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