Evidence that accent is a dedicated dimension of social categorization, not a byproduct of coalitional categorization

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-57

  Pietraszewski, David ^a   Schwartz, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accent; Coalitional psychology; Cognition; Race; Social categories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891152495     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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